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...Kremlin bullying. But they were overruled by none other than Ronald Reagan, whose compassion in this instance overpowered his visceral anti-Sovietism. Reagan personally approved the arrangement Thursday afternoon (it took nearly 24 hours to nail down) for the simplest of reasons: he had been touched by the plight of Daniloff, and just wanted to get the reporter sprung. Said the President: "We are so relieved and happy that Mr. Daniloff is out of his 8-by-10-ft. cell, which he was sharing with someone we believe was an informant, and that he won't be subjected to four...
Trump heard about Mrs. Hill's plight on a network newscast. With Georgia Businessman Frank Argenbright Jr., he guaranteed purchase of the Hill farm. So far, Trump and friends have raised about $77,000 toward buying 326 acres and the Hill home. He hopes to raise $100,000 more to save the rest of the farm. Before the New York builder called to offer Hill's widow his help, she had never heard of him. Nevertheless, she said, "My heart went pitter-patter." Said Trump: "I wanted to help one lady with one farm. The bigger problem is that thousands...
...know that might be a way to demystify the -- what? -- plague, curse, disease, tragedy, normality of drugs. The center of the wanting mind reaches toward and creates every element of the drug world. Is one supposed to lecture that mind, eradicate it, hate it, arrest it, weep for its plight...
William Yaeger, the trustee appointed in the Brauers' bankruptcy proceedings, responded immediately that he had "never received such an eloquent description of the financial and economic plight which you, and so many of your neighbors, are presently enduring." He arranged a meeting to answer Margie's questions, and he wrote in closing: "I hope that we can work together to reduce the pain of the bankruptcy...
...pilot, Albert Maltret, 50, a salesman for an oil company, was publicizing the plight of Frenchmen who, he said, have been unjustly arrested in Morocco. Maltret said he was mistakenly arrested and jailed for a day last year during a business trip to Casablanca...