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Mitchell spent most of 1968 lurching between alcoholic numbness?he was drinking a fifth a night???and the surreal alertness of hunt-and-kill missions. At his tour's end, he was captured by the Viet Cong and held for 2½ years. Abruptly, in the spring of 1971, he was freed. His homecoming was "devastating." The American air was dense with hostility. Outside a veterans' hospital in New York City, Mitchell was pushed
...mayor of New York for four more years (read eight). He is endorsed by his own Democrats and has already gained most of the Republican organization's endorsements as well. What the Greater Jamaica Chamber of Commerce told him in the afternoon, the Yale Club would tell him that night???that he is a sure thing. Nor did Koch tell the Yale Club anything different than he told the Greater Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, except for talking more about financial issues. Otherwise it was pure, consistent Koch, goading his listeners, giggling with malice ("heh, heh, heh"), shining among the crossed...
...most blistering attack?and the best received by the delegates on opening night???came from Gerald Ford, who accused Carter of having "sold America short" and of having "given up on the presidency." Ford clearly relished getting even with Carter for having attacked Ford in 1976 because of what Carter dubbed the "misery index"?the sum of the inflation and unemployment rates. It was then 12%. Said Ford: "Just two months ago, it was 24%?twice as high. That's twice as many reasons that Jimmy Carter has got to go." Continued Ford: "You've all heard Carter...
...survivors of the landing strip massacre had no way of knowing that the ultimate white night???a ghastly and irrevocable test of loyalty?had already taken place back in the Jonestown commune. Equally unaware of the murders at the airfield, Lawyers Lane and Garry witnessed the ominous signs of the impending disaster. Recalled Garry: "When 14 of his people decided to go out with Ryan, Jim Jones went mad. He thought it was a repudiation of his work. I tried to tell him that 14 out of 1,200 was damn good. But Jones was desolate...
...minutes to 8 on Saturday night???the evening arrival was carefully chosen so as not to violate the Jewish Sabbath?the Egyptian white Boeing 707, its red trim glistening under klieg lights, rolled to a stop at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. Israeli army trumpeters blared out a welcoming fanfare. As thousands of Israelis waved their newly purchased red-white-and-black Egyptian flags, out stepped President Anwar Sadat on a "sacred mission"?to speak directly to the people of Israel about peace...