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...raised little fuss in the U.S. until White House Spokesman Larry Speakes two weeks ago announced Reagan's intention to visit the military cemetery. Asked who was buried there, Speakes replied that he "thought" both American and German soldiers were interred at the site. He later refused to ex plain where he had received that impression or whether the President had also assumed this to be true. The furor broke when reporters discovered that not only were there no Americans in the cemetery but that the notorious SS officers were among the dead there...
...year for soft drinks, Americans seem to have almost unquenchable thirst. A handy new aid that caters to this craving is called Soda Stream. Fitted with a carbon dioxide cartridge, the shiny plastic appliance fizzes tap water into salt-free club soda. Adding flavor concentrates will make instant plain or diet cola, tonic, root beer or the popular fruit sodas. Compared with supermarket soda prices, which can soar as high as 50¢ for a 12-oz. brand-name can, Soda Stream at 15¢ per bottle is a bargain. The initial investment of $39.95 buys the mechanism and other necessary accessories...
...Minuteman Ills are under the immediate control of the "launch facility" called Tango Zero. Tango is situated on a farm 80 miles northwest of Great Falls. Aboveground the launch facility appears to be an elongated, plain, fenced-in house. Belowground lie two connected "capsules," rooms shaped like medicine capsules; one is the equipment room, the other, sealed behind an 8'/2-ton blast door, is the room where a two-man crew, sitting at two separate "status consoles," receives messages and stares at boards of lights. On June 6 this year, the command crew was 1st Lieut. Donald R. ("Skip") MacKinnon...
...seems plain that something indestructible was forged deep down in Reagan's soul the day that John Hinckley tried to assassinate him. Reagan is going to outrun death, he is going to outthink death, he is going to outlaugh death if it is humanly possible. And Reagan thinks almost anything is possible...
...Today is the cross-pollination of print journalism and television, aimed at a generation conditioned to a diet of polychromed, encapsulated news. In its quest to be different, it has redefined the traditional newspaper menu to include far more consumer information, features about trends, poll results and just plain, unadorned facts, all of it served up in easily digested prose. If USA Today has a personality, it is that of the cheerful tipster, giving the best time to buy small cars or where to write for a booklet about veterans' benefits. "We take a much more personal approach...