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Alfonsin will need all the support he can muster to extricate Argentina from its political and economic quagmire. On the eve of the inauguration, after 2½ years of self-imposed exile in Spain, where she had fled following a ruinous term as President, Juan Perón's widow Isabel flew into Buenos Aires as Alfonsin's guest at the ceremony. Whether Isabelita plans to lead a regrouping of the ragged Peronist ranks is unclear, but if she assumes a major role in the party, it could spark bitter feuding between her supporters and foes...
...skies in the fading glow of a setting sun, the space shuttle settled gently onto Edwards Air Force Base's Runway 17 in the California desert with the "right on the numbers" precision only a master pilot like John Young, 53, America's premier astronaut, can muster. For seven hours and 50 minutes before that landing, however, flight controllers worked frantically hi Houston to get Young, his five crewmates and their prize scientific cargo, the European-built $1 billion Spacelab, safely back to earth. During the unscheduled extension of the 166-orbit flight, the shuttle's longest...
Despite season-best scoring performances from Crimson forwards, the teams couldn't muster the offensive coherence to overrun the intimidating Springfield defense...
...wait for Gulfs annual shareholders' meeting in May to push the trust plan, but Lee decided to beat the Texan to the draw. The Gulf chairman devised a strategy to reincorporate the Pittsburgh-based company in Delaware, instead of Pennsylvania. Under Delaware law, Pickens would have to muster a majority of stockholder votes to gain a seat on the Gulf board or to force any structural changes in the company. Pennsylvania rules would allow the Pickens group, with its 12%-plus voting bloc, to grab a spot on the 13-member Gulf board...
...bonds issued by states to finance major construction projects. This offended some special interests-construction contractors, building-trades unions and bond brokers-and they put the squeeze on Congress. When brought to the floor at the insistence of House Speaker Tip O'Neill, the bill could not even muster enough votes to set the rules for debating...