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...also the beginning of Mitterrand's cyclical flirtations and disillusionments with the Communists. "I began working with the Communists during the Resistance. The friendships I made during this period are as strong as ever. Among the other benefits that I owe them, they have taught me never to close an eye if I am to avoid being crushed by their fearsome machine...
...House Counsellor Edwin Meese contact Thomas Kennelly, the lawyer representing Miller. Meese asked for memos from both defendants' lawyers outlining reasons for pardoning them. By March 26 the pardons were signed, but the following week's assassination attempt delayed the announcement. Remarked a joyful Miller: "I certainly owe the Gipper one." Reagan, citing Jimmy Carter's pardon of "thousands" of Viet Nam-era draft evaders, explained: "We can be no less generous to two men who acted on high principle to bring an end to the terrorism that was threatening our nation." But in granting the pardon...
Little Gump, who will be tested severly this Saturday, however was more emphatic. "We owe them one," she said...
Senior shortstop and co-captain Lisa "Mouse" Bernstein agrees with Morris' assessment of the team, saying, "We owe a lot of teams, and we are going to beat some of the ones who have beaten us in the past...
...year to the nation's estimated arsenal of 55 million automatics and revolvers. That is one pistol for every four Americans. There is no dispute over these facts, but the endless debate over gun control, pro and con, is dominated by facile slogans, contradictory statistics and arguments that owe as much to passion as to reason. The only consensus is that the present patchwork of nearly 25,000 gun regulations-most at the state and local levels-is a costly, bothersome sham. Practically speaking, any person with $10 in cash can find someone to sell him one of America...