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...ecstatic Vargas promptly flew to the port city of Guayaquil. Said he: "I am at your orders, Mr. President." The general was placed in custody and then held at the Mariscal Sucre Air Base outside the capital. The government, meanwhile, was vague about whether Piņeiros and Albuja had actually left their posts. That prompted sympathetic officers at the air base to free Vargas, who declared that he had been double-crossed by the President. Thus began a second rebellion. Vargas threatened to march on the presidential palace. Before a cheering audience of 600 supporters outside the air base...
...broadcast available to all subscribers by unscrambling the signal. Goldberg, once a welfare mother who escaped homelessness when friends took her in, says, "I am part of this because I want to cover my butt ... It could be me tomorrow, it could be you tomorrow, it could be Mr...
...Federal Communications Commission to the Federal Reserve Board. "Independent agencies would bite the dust," warns Stanford University Law Professor Gerald Gunther. When Administration Lawyer Fried tried to assure the court last week that such arguments were simply a scare tactic, he got a quick reply from Justice O'Connor. "Mr. Fried," she said, "I'll confess you scared...
...Gallo wines, which have been produced since 1933. Joseph's lawyer, John Whiting, points out that the cheeses have won gold medals at the past two Orange County fairs in California. Says Whiting: "This complaint has caused rancor because of the insinuations. Plainly it is not true that Mr. Gallo doesn't know how to make cheese. Joseph Gallo is very much a perfectionist and was kind of hurt that he was attacked this way." AIRLINES Trying to Foil a Merger...
...says Horowitz. "On the first night, Beecham came in second." The pianist finished several bars ahead of the orchestra. The audience erupted in a frenzy. In the New York Times, Music Critic Olin Downes captured the intensity of the moment. "A whirlwind of virtuoso interpretation," he wrote, adding, "Mr. Horowitz has amazing technique, amazing strength, irresistible youth and temperament." At the next performance, Beecham got a measure of revenge, cutting short the ovation with a short speech while Horowitz cooled his heels...