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Instantly he crouched, then was shoved to the sidewalk by Secret Service Agents Ron Pontius and Jack Merchant. This placed the car between Ford and the gun-wielding woman. An agent opened the rear door of the limousine, and other agents almost threw Ford inside and to the floor. Agents Pontius and Merchant leaped into the vehicle, followed by Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld. All three shielded Ford's prone body as the car sped away...
Sergeant Tuttle, the Yarmouth police detective who made the arrest, said the larceny charges result from bad checks the students allegedly issued to the town of Yarmouth and to a merchant there during the summer...
...race day, three of the original 1,200 horses were recognized favorites: Chick Called Sue, owned by Texas Trial Lawyer Aubrey Stokes; Rocket's Magic, belonging to Louisiana Fish Merchant Bill Thomas; and Bugs Alive, a filly bred by Ralph Shebester, owner of an Oklahoma oil rig repair company. In the starting gate, the three favorites were stationed side by side. Bugs Alive broke clean−a critically important advantage in so short a dash; Chick Called Sue stumbled badly; and Rocket's Magic quickly fell behind. Bugs Alive led all the way. "For the last 100 yards...
...most significant change in that policy to date, the State Department announced a partial lifting of the boycott. Direct trade with Cuba is still banned. But U.S. firms with overseas subsidiaries will now be allowed to make unrestricted sales to Cuba from their foreign-owned plants; foreign merchant vessels will be allowed to refuel in U.S. ports even if they have previously called in Cuban ports; and countries that trade with Cuba will be eligible to receive U.S. food supplies distributed under U.S. Public...
That did not daunt the irate Vivien Merchant, however, who answered her husband's pleas for discretion by making the whole plot public. "I had no idea she would talk about the matter," grumbled Pinter. "She told me she wouldn't." Though he is no longer at their $250,000 house overlooking Regents Park, his wife says that he has not carried away his books or his clothes. "He didn't need to take a pair of shoes," snipped the woman scorned. "He can always wear some of Antonia's.* She has very big feet...