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...attempted assassination of President Reagan. Said Turner: "The people responsible for this movie should be just as much on trial as John Hinckley himself ... Write your Congressman and your Senator right away, and tell him that you want something done." Despite the fervor of that Citizen Kane outburst, which renewed speculation that Turner aspires to political office, Turner did not prevent CNN Commentator Daniel Schorr from contradicting him in an on-air reply. Schorr echoed Turner's concerns but opposed congressional action that might conflict with First Amendment guarantees against censorship. There has been no similar on-air performance...
Publicly, Washington reacted to the invasion with a number of carefully nuanced statements that deplored the new "outburst of violence" but stopped short of condemning Israel. Early in the week, the U.S. went along with two Security Council resolutions that called for a cease-fire by all parties. But then it cast its veto, against 14 yes votes, on a third text that threatened sanctions unless the Israelis withdrew from Lebanon. The vetoed resolution, explained U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Jeane Kirkpatrick, was "not sufficiently balanced." Summing up the U.S. attempt at evenhandedness, a State Department spokesman declared: "Israel will...
...others had been released and we were down to a core of six or seven." From 10 a.m. to 3 a.m. every day there were unceasing demonstrations outside the embassy I Loudspeakers blared continuously and occasionally sporadic gunfire broke out in various corners of the compound. After one such outburst. Swift says, the guards told her. "One of your hostage friends tried to escape and we shot him." It turned out he had indeed tried to escape, but luckily wasn't harmed...
...outburst of hostilities confirmed Britain's determination to enforce the total air and sea blockade of the Falklands that went into effect at 7 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Friday. At that point, British government spokesmen had made it clear that Argentine planes on the ground, including the Italian-built Aermacchi light attack aircraft spotted on the islands, would be considered in violation of the ban on all non-British craft within a 200-mile radius of the islands...
After Adelphi's scoring outburst, the Crimson defense made some second-half adjustments. The man down defense of Chris Esmonde, Brian Edmonds. Tom McGovern Paul Garavante and Rob Sherlock suffocated the Adelphi offense but the real key was goalie Tim Pendergast, who recorded 25 saves...