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...hotel imbroglio was playing out in Nairobi, the U.S. delegation was in Washington enjoying a White House send-off lunch of veal vol-au-vent and cantaloupe sorbet. At each place setting was a commemorative bronze medallion wrapped in white paper and pink ribbon. President Reagan's remarks to the group included a few fatherly jests about his daughter Maureen, who is to head the delegation, but his message was earnest. The "business of the conference is women, not propaganda," he reminded them...
...Stava, a popular vacation town in Italy's rugged Dolomite mountains, tourists were returning to their hotels for lunch last Friday. Shortly afternoon, there was a rumbling in the ground, followed by a cloud of white dust that some mistook for smoke. "I thought it was an earthquake," said one survivor. "The mountainside exploded." Less than a mile north of the village, a pair of earthen dams had suddenly collapsed. An avalanche of water, mud and debris swept through Stava, scarring the mountainsides, destroying three hotels, burying homes and scattering bodies in its path. The deluge, some 100 ft. high...
...Foxes were also supposed to be magical and troublesome. My grandfather used to tell me of a day he was walking along the 'beast path' of a mountain, a path between villages that foxes were thought to frequent. My grandfather was carrying a bento, a box lunch; foxes were known to love bento. Walking along, he suddenly heard the sound of straw shoes trudging in the sand behind him--sarrah, sarrah, sarrah. My grandfather looked back and saw what appeared to be a peasant girl in a dress, a shawl and sandals. But foxes were known to wear such disguises...
Finally, to my fellow gov jocks: you probably aren’t studying anyway, but there are more creative ways than Halo 2 to spend the time between lunch and practice. Wait, what am I saying? Keep playing Halo...
...didn’t get a lot of time to warm up,” Morgalis said. “I think we had some complications with the lunch...