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...doubt. De Lorean allegedly engineered the cocaine deal to save the company from financial collapse. Last week DMC lawyers in Michigan filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy laws to protect the company's major U.S. assets-650 cars worth $ 13 million or so-from an onslaught of perhaps 700 creditors. At week's end an Ohio-based company, Consolidated International Inc., reached agreement with British officials to buy some 1,000 unsold cars in Ulster for about $15 million, and secured an option to purchase the $75 million DMC facility near Belfast. There, at least...
...however, the only thing more pathetic than the President's effort to blame the past for his own failure has been the Democrats response to the Great Communicator's logic-defying vertical onslaught. Most polls still defect a sizable--though diminishing--"give the man a chance" sentiment that the Democrats have not yet been able to dislodge. All of which may mean that the economy will have to get much worse before 1984 it Reagan himself is to be defeated. And if the economy actually improves, then Reagan will look just as prophetic as Tip O'Neill looks now which...
WHEN CHIEF VILLAIN Darth Vadar managed to escape Luke Skywalker's Force-Ful onslaught in the closing minutes of Star Wars, you just knew that George Lucas was keeping the door open for a sequel. When Rocky ended with hero Sly Stallone losing a close one to the champ, you knew he'd come back itching for a rematch. But when George and Kathy Lutz scrambled from their collapsing haunted home before the credits rolled up for The Amityville Horror, you thought the chances for an Amityville Horror II crumbled right along with that dreadful over-spooked mansion...
...Harvard men's cross country team continued its onslaught against Ivy competitors yesterday, soundly defeating Brown 17 45 in a dual meet hosted by the Bruins. The victory raised Harvard's record to 3-1 overall and 3.0 in the Ivies...
BEFORE 1980, a "hit list" was something only rival Mafia families worried about. But when the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC) adapted the concept to U.S. Senate races by targeting liberal Democrats for an onslaught of negative media advertising, "hit list" joined the American political lexicon for good. And the committee's sharpshooters hit their marks with stunning accuracy--NCPAC-backed conservatives handily defeated progressive stalwarts like George McGovern, Frank Church and Birch Bayh. The chilling words of NCPAC chief Terry Dolan--"we want people to hate Birch Bayh without even knowing why"--conveyed an unmistakable message to jittery...