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...Reagan Administration swiftly tried to defuse the crisis, minimizing its significance. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger characterized the attack ; as a "single, horrible error on the part of the Iraqi pilot" who mistook the frigate for an Iranian tanker. Iraq's President Saddam Hussein promptly sent an apology to the U.S. "I hope this unintentional incident," he wrote, "will not affect our relations and the common desire to establish peace and stability in the region." The Iraqis also agreed to pay compensation to the families of the victims and reparations for damages to the $180 million ship...
...allow Eric Pulier to ever fall asleep" rule. Yet even before I arrived at the "no sleep" part of my stay, I experienced the "no doctor" part. I arrived at UHS with a torn ligament in my right knee. Perhaps the nurses on duty mistook the convoluted look on my face for a warped smile, for they did not find it necessary to summon for me a doctor...
...gifts of the savants, writes Neurologist Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, can be a "quality that takes one aback." He says, "Often the severely retarded have plenty of potential if educated right," but adds, "The question is, What constitutes right? The mental language of each person is different." Nevertheless, the parents of Hope University students take heart at the ways Walker and her small staff are developing talent and self-confidence. As one father, University of California Biology Professor Howard Lenhoff, puts it,"The one thing that worries every parent...
...make a pathetic story short, as a friend and I wandered into Pizzeria Uno's for dinner, it seems that a manager mistook us for a pair of youths who had just rudely stormed out of his restaurant after hearing that the wait for a table was 15 minutes. To say the least, he displayed his displeasure at our nerve to return to his establishment after our alleged misbehavior. In fact, he put his face right up to mine and yelled at us, as if we were his kids who had just told their father to drop dead...
...peak viewing hours. Yet Ellerbee seems to have had a prime time. "And So It Goes" is a breezy collection of anecdotes about covering the news both soft and hard: the circus as well as political campaigns (because she was dressed in jeans and a parka, George Bush mistook her for a network electrician). Ellerbee talks tough about the shortcomings of her profession and salty about sex and sexism at the office. The saline reporter with a whim of iron is not a pose. This month she spurned NBC's best offer to head for greener paychecks on other channels...