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...necktie, always a necktie. Then he pads down the stairs of his 15-room, $1 million stone-and-red-wood mansion to make his own breakfast: toast and coffee. His housekeeper is not awake yet, but the Secret Service men are, ready to accompany him on his two-mile walk around Saddle River, a wealthy enclave in northeastern New Jersey. There will be guards near Nixon for the rest of his life, but he professes not to worry about any lingering hostilities against him. "Never look back," he often says. "Remember Lot's wife. Never look back...
...were helicoptered out of Beirut. They had stayed there to protect the U.S. diplomatic mission after President Reagan ordered the withdrawal of the 1,800-man U.S. peace-keeping force. A week earlier, the U.S. had opened a new embassy along the waterfront in West Beirut, more than a mile from the previous embassy site. But no fanfare attended either event. Since U.S. servicemen first arrived in Lebanon almost two years ago, 265 of them have lost their lives in a cause they could never quite explain. In addition, 17 Americans died when a car bomb shattered...
Americans winning bicycle races? That's a little like saying "movie deal" and "sincerity" in the same sentence. Not only did Carpenter-Phinney (she married ten months ago) and Silver Medalist Twigg, 21, triumph in their 79.2-km (49.2-mile) road race, but an iconoclastic team of 20 U.S. men coasted off with three golds, two silvers and a bronze in other events. Along the way, some of the favorites had trouble, and a handful of brash newcomers gained prominence. Said Carpenter-Phinney: "It will take a while to put it all into perspective...
Roiled since 1982 by prodigious storms, the 30-mile-wide Great Salt Lake has risen 10 ft., its fastest climb ever, overspilling its borders and flooding the land around it. What was once the driest state in the union after Nevada is fast becoming a water wasteland: tens of millions of dollars' worth of property has been destroyed, wildlife has diminished catastrophically, and tourism around the lake has bottomed out. Says Utah Governor Scott Matheson, with tragicomic wit: "It's a helluva way to run a desert...
...time the historic groundbreaking ceremony was completed, Graham had planted not only a tree but the seeds of destruction for one of the most disastrous projects ever undertaken by the Army Corps of Engineers. Twenty years ago, the corps spent $29 million on the construction of a 52-mile channel along the 98-mile Kissimmee, punctuated by locks every ten miles or so. The purpose: to control the seasonal flooding that spilled over the river's banks onto 60,000 surrounding acres, destroying property and jeopardizing tourism. Now, in the first rejection of a corps' project ever...