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...roadblocks out of the city until 90 minutes after the murder. Investigators were reportedly so sloppy in examining the scene that the only physical evidence of the shooting, two bullets, was actually found by passersby. And police drew scorn upon themselves when they publicly announced their puzzlement at the origin and uniqueness of the copper-tipped .357 Magnum cartridges, which could have been purchased in a sporting-goods store a block away from the Prime Minister's office...
LALO: Symphonie Espagnole; SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen. Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, with Seiji Ozawa conducting the Orchestre National de France (Angel; LP or CD). The Symphonie Espagnole is a puzzlement. Neither a symphony nor a concerto, and no more authentically Spanish than Chabrier's Espana or Ravel's Rhapsodie Espagnole, Lalo's five-movement showpiece for violin and orchestra has never won a firm place in the standard repertory. Sometimes in performance, it even has its third movement omitted, for unfathomable reasons. But a high-spirited, sensitive soloist can make it effective, and Mutter, 22, is that ideal performer. A German whose...
McAuliffe's mother and father had watched anxiously at the long-awaited lift-off. They appeared more somber than many of the cheering spectators. Ed Corrigan seemed to sense the tragedy first. He reached out to put an arm around his wife. Grace Corrigan's look of puzzlement turned to tears. She cradled her head against her husband's shoulder. Most of the schoolchildren were mystified. But some began sobbing as they saw the reaction of the adults. To those in the stands came a brusque order: "Everybody back on the buses." The lift-off celebration at McAuliffe's high...
...capitals. But we're not sure what they all mean yet." That observation from a U.S. diplomat pretty much summed up the Reagan Administration's attitude of hopeful befuddlement as officials in Washington last week strove to track the latest twists in the convoluted Middle East peace process. The puzzlement was understandable. A promising flurry of diplomatic interchanges two weeks ago among Israel, Jordan and Egypt had created a tentative sense of optimism. But by last week the frustration was edging back as Jerusalem and Amman maneuvered and tacked. Warned Richard Murphy, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near...
...wonder whether the man was a genius (his native genius hidden till the crucial moment) or a nonentity who blundered into momentary success, who arrived at immortality by accident. Ronald Reagan is a leader of totally different temperament and tailoring, but one sometimes hears the same puzzlement over his luck and political successes. In this comparison of qualifications, acting in Hollywood is the moral equivalent of selling cordwood in St. Louis or clerking in Galena, Ill., as Grant did before...