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...time she plays -- win or lose. When her opponents had controversial calls go against them in the opening singles and doubles matches that she played just an hour apart, Navratilova set aside competitive advantage for queenly benevolence and conceded the (not so crucial) points. When she adjourned to the pressroom after winning both matches, she spoke briefly and blandly of her play, then waded more eagerly into political controversy over an antigay amendment to the Colorado constitution that she is suing to have overturned, and vowed to quit her beloved Aspen home if she fails...
When Bush finally spoke, confusion reigned. "The stakes," the President soberly intoned, "are as high as any we have faced this century." But there was no prime-time, Oval Office address designed to rally a recession-weary nation to the cause -- only a pressroom briefing at which the Administration's key players couldn't say how much their proposal would cost. It was not until eight hours later that Baker said the U.S. contribution to a $24 billion multinational plan of loans, grants and export credits would cost American taxpayers a relatively small "$3-plus billion" in new funding...
...White House officials said the Democrats insisted it be issued then and there, before they left the White House. Bush summoned press secretary Marlin Fitzwater, who handed the statement to an aide, who typed "The White House" at its head and posted it on the wall of the pressroom...
...channel stereo, a 6-cu.-ft. safe for secrets and a television system that will pipe in eight channels at once and enable the President to scan waiting crowds before he emerges. The plane will include four computers, two copying machines, conference rooms, crew bunks, sleeper chairs, a pressroom with TV monitors, and secure phone lines that can rouse Dan, Peter and Tom from any place on the earth...
...hospital, silent, sagging. Their duty was plainly over, whatever it had been. Asked if Kennedy was dead or alive, they remained silent for a few seconds. Then one of them blurted the terrible truth: "He's dead, all right." The four words were carried back to the temporary pressroom, then exploded around the world...