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...many trial delays was caused by the insistence of CBS-TV on broadcasting an FBI videotape of De Lorean's arrest at the Sheraton Plaza La Reina hotel near the Los Angeles airport on Oct. 19, 1982. The tape had been made available by the ubiquitous and unsavory Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine. In the film, De Lorean talks with agents posing as drug dealers, fondles the coke packets and says, "It's better than gold." A door opens and a man enters. "Hi John," the stranger says folksily. "I'm Jerry West from...
Students have staged several demonstrations of student support. Last Tuesday, at a press conference, students urged Yale President A. Bartlett Grammatti to hurry the negotiations. On Thursday, the day before Yale's spring break started, a crowd of about 4000 rallied for the union in Yale's Bicnecke Plaza...
...cocky Hart, speaking before every major and minor state party official at Boston's Park Plaza Hotel, stepped up his attacks on Mondale, who has been endorsed by many of the state's top officials, including Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn...
...colorful celebration of national pride, the Sandinista government of Nicaragua last week commemorated the 50th anniversary of the assassination of its martyred hero, Augusto César Sandino. Brigades of young cotton and coffee pickers poured in from the countryside to the capital city of Managua, filling the main plaza with placards and rhythmic hand clapping. They were performing for themselves and for scores of foreign observers, invited by the Marxist-oriented leaders to witness the announcement that democratic elections would be held...
...work with residents. The resulting citizens' review committee held some 50 sessions, attended by 30 to 40 representatives of neighborhood associations and labor, business and civil rights groups. Himmel was glad to cooperate to avoid costly delays, painfully aware that bitter citizen opposition had recently obstructed Park Plaza, a proposed 50-story development overlooking Boston's public garden. "We see citizens' review as a creative opportunity," he says...