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Dispirited Labor strategists once again tried to patch together a narrow coalition excluding Likud, but Peres was swamped by fresh demands from the smaller parties. Only after much politicking did Labor and Likud leaders finally reach a compromise: neither SHAS nor the N.R.P. would receive the religion post, at least for now. Instead, Peres will hold the position for the next few weeks while a solution is worked out. How did the bleary-eyed Peres feel about forming a government only three days before the deadline? "I have had no time to dream dreams," he said...
...delaying the mission. Then, on Aug. 28, the day before the third scheduled launch, a NASA engineer discovered that the computer charged with the last-minute double-checking of equipment might miss some critical signals. Blast-off was deferred for 24 hrs., as computer programmers scrambled to write a "patch" over the errant software instructions. Even on the successful launch date, Aug. 30, Discovery's crew marked time for 7 min. while three wandering private planes were chased away from the Cape Canaveral area. Said Shuttle Operations Director Thomas Utsman: "I had a feeling that a black cloud...
...black Zorro hats, and a delegate from New Jersey had an elephant head on his head-if that counts as a hat. One woman at the convention wore a straw skimmer with an elephant on top, which also wore a hat, an Uncle Sam. She was holding a Cabbage Patch doll, which wore another skimmer, on which stood another elephant...
Peres was expected to ask President Chaim Herzog last Sunday for a three-week extension of Labor's mandate to build a government. Peres is likely to spend this week trying to patch together a narrow coalition with the religious parties. His Likud rivals are confident that the effort will fail, forcing Peres to bargain more seriously with Shamir over getting together, finally, in a national unity government. That may be rough going, since several of Peres' Labor colleagues oppose an alliance with Likud. As last week's exchanges between Labor and Likud proved, a government...
...Martins of Houston. For three generations, going back to Sue d'Amico, 75, Don Martin's mother-in-law, the family has bought nearly all its important goods at Sears, from a new roof to a garage-door opener to countless appliances, clothes and Cabbage Patch dolls. Says Lola Martin, Don's wife: "It's always been there, and it will always be there. When we shop at Sears, we say, 'We're going to Sears.' When we go somewhere else, it's just a store...