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...subject at last week's White House issues luncheon held by Reagan with his principal aides. Normal fare for that august assemblage is the federal budget with a sprinkling of SALT II. Just how the glen plaid came up is not clear. But Reagan was heard to proclaim, "I like that suit." Whereupon he explained that months ago he had cautiously worn the suit to test how it photographed. "It only could have looked good in stills," joked one aide. No, the President replied, he thought it went well on television, so he wore it often...
...Show Us Your Tits"--it is the rallying cry of the masses. The libido of the great unwashed bursting forth in all its drunken glory. It is the them of the infield. Mass-produced buttons, bumper stickers and shirts proclaim the four magic words, and hundreds carry homemade signs and drive had-painted vans which reiterate the them. From atop the vans and portable scaffolding, flushed faces call out hoarsely to all who pass below. "Show us your tits!" Most ignore the demands, but every so often a woman will clamber up onto a van and perform an awkward striptease...
With a pledge of support extracted from other senior commanders, the general convened a ceremonial session to proclaim himself President. Rios Montt prudently dispatched tanks to the country's principal air force base as "a preventive measure" in case the officers there chose to be rebellious...
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Catholic missionary and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.: "You are being sent to proclaim [the] good news of love, of peace, of joy. And we have never needed this proclamation more than today-the whole world. And yet the young ones are hungry for God. I'm sure deep down in your hearts you have that hunger for God. Do not be afraid. He loves you. You are precious to him ... 'I called you by your name. You are mine. Water cannot drown you. Fire will...
Later that day, during an address to the Catholic hierarchy of England and Wales, John Paul made a moving plea for peace, saying that he was in close union with the bishops of both Britain and Argentina. Said he: "Together, my brother bishops, we must proclaim that peace is possible...