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...delivery capability for the atomic bomb that the Pakistanis are currently developing. Beyond simply antagonizing Pakistan's nuclear neighbor, India, the deal would make it that much easier for General Zia to lend nuclear weapons to some of his close Arab allies, like Iraq, if they were in a pinch...
Nearly a year after he took office, the nation over which Ronald Reagan presides is in a gloomy mood. Americans are worried about the state of their country, anxious about inflation, which they do not expect to ease soon, and feeling the pinch of a recession they fear may linger for a year or more...
Brew's association with Reagan and his staff dates back to last year, when he occasionally pinch-hit for Barrett on the Reagan campaign trail. Brew stood watch outside Reagan's Pacific Palisades home during the presidential transition period. Since then he has reported on the President's Inauguration, the attempted assassination, and his Thanksgiving at the Reagan ranch near Santa Barbara. "Reagan keeps a civilized 9-to-5 schedule and doesn't take off at the drop of a hat to strange places around the world," says Brew. "His aides may have bloodshot eyes, drawn...
...Series' sixth and last game, New Yorkers were saying Yankee Manager Bob Lemon should be glad everyone thinks Owner George Steinbrenner calls all the shots. With two on but also two out in the fourth inning, Lemon pulled Starting Pitcher Tommy John from a 1 -1 game for Pinch Hitter Bobby Murcer. "I just wanted some runs," sighed Lemon, the bulb of his nose dimming out the way a third of the Yankee Stadium lights had for 9 min. in the third inning. Murcer flied out, and Reliever George Frazier came on. "Also, I thought Frazier's luck...
...York Centerfielder Jerry Mumphrey, spotlighted when Substitute Bobby Brown botched a play. (The lineup card was dusted for Steinbrenner's prints.) When this outlandish, delightful, 31-hr., ten-pitcher, 8-7 game was through, there was only one untainted hero: Dodger Jay Johnstone. He slammed a pinch homer in the sixth, took a bow and sat down. The Series was even...