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...Beirut time, 10:45 a.m. in Washington, the freedom ride finally began along the mountainous 75-mile road to Damascus. Accompanying the hostages were armed escorts from Amal and from another Lebanese faction, the Druze. Also in the caravan were representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Syrian army officers and security agents, which helped emphasize the pivotal role Syria had played in arranging the release of the long-waylaid passengers and crew of TWA Flight...
cities as Denver (19%) and Hartford, Conn. (20%). In South Florida, nearly a million Hispanics (78% Cuban) have spread so rapidly beyond Miami (64% Hispanic) that they sometimes refer to the entire 25-mile-or-so stretch from Miami to the Everglades as Calle Ocho (Eighth Street), after the main drag of Miami's Little Havana...
...finishes his stretching exercises on the floor of his ABC office. "That's quite an observation." But is David Hartman weary? "I'm just as excited about this job as I ever was." So saying, Hartman is out the door, heading for Central Park and his regular five-mile run -- and not pausing to look over his shoulder for competitors...
White Hen Pantry: It's a mile-long walk up Mass. Ave to this Porter Square establishment; but if it's nice out, or even better, if you have a car, the trip is worth it. The Hen--or the Green Chicken, as the faithful call it--stocks more than twice as much as most late-night stores, and it's usually fresher. While you're there, don't miss out on the open deli, where you can get a relatively good and large sandwich for relatively little money. There are also tables at which you can sit around with...
...plenty of Yankee-Doodle dash in England last week as he became the first American jockey to win the fabled Epsom Derby in 65 years. Before a crowd of near ly 300,000 that included his father and Queen Elizabeth II, Cauthen led from start to finish over the mile-and-a-half course on three-year-old Slip Anchor, thereby becoming the sole rider to win both the Epsom and the Kentucky derbies. Ahead by 15 lengths at the final turn, "I couldn't believe my eyes," the 118-lb., 5-ft. 5-in. Cauthen recalled later. "I couldn...