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After the Revolutionary War, Spivey’s ancestors earned a plot of land for their service in the Continental Army. “My whole family still lives on this giant piece of land,” she says in an accent straight from “Gone with the Wind...
Back in August 1968, Lyndon Johnson convened one of his Tuesday lunches to plot the Viet Nam War. These were often grim affairs, where discouraging news was ladled out with the soup. On that particular Tuesday, however, he was bubbling over with a secret. He had the stewards bring in a little "sherry wine" and pour each of his aides a glass. Then he announced that the U.S. and U.S.S.R. would soon begin nuclear arms talks, and he and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin would hold a summit to seal the deal. That afternoon Soviet tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia on their...
...wait, the plot thickens. Lucasfilm has filed suit, and Graham threatens to sue a group that is using a portion of the High Frontier ad containing the words Star Wars in an anti-SDI countercommercial. It figures. How could a Star Wars suit not spin off at least one sequel? MARINES Discordant Notes...
...stump in Cebu City, an opposition stronghold 375 miles south of Manila, however, the President and his wife appeared vigorous and eager for their fourth election in 20 years. Wearing a bulletproof vest under his traditional white barong tagalog after reports of an assassination plot, the President held forth for 90 minutes before 3,000 cheering supporters at the Cebu Coliseum. Marcos promised them that he would not take the election lightly: "I always run scared." Last week political observers were asking whether voters in the Philippines will once more offer Marcos their support on voting day. Many were also...
...firm's board of directors, might try to acquire CBS himself or with some corporate raiders. Says Edward Atorino of Smith Barney: "CBS hoped that bringing this fox into the hen house would keep away other foxes. The trick is not going to work." No one yet knows the plot of the final episode in this CBS series. TELEPHONES Demon Dialers Beware...