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Lilly. Youngest daughter and saddest Berry. Less than 4 ft. tall, she is neither big nor lucky enough to handle her illusions. She becomes a bestselling author before jumping from her 14th-floor New York apartment. Her death underscores the book's most haunting refrain, "Keep passing open windows...
...some of his closest aides, two weeks ago gave haven to Raja'i's predecessor, the ousted Abolhassan Banisadr, and to one of the Iranian Islamic regime's most dangerous foes, Massoud Rajavi, head of the leftist guerrilla organization called the Mujahedin. Despite an agreement to refrain from political activity while in France, Banisadr has been issuing combative statements and preparing a government-in-exile...
...Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, the man Franco had hand-picked as his successor. In 1973 Carrero Blanco and his automobile were blown four stories high in Madrid by an exploding land mine, a spectacular event that led to a popular folk song in Basque country with a refrain that begins, "Whoops, he goes...
...little toleration for infighting, clearly hopes that the feuding will end. He also may finally be ready to do something about the Hatfields and McCoys of his Administration. At a recent meeting of the National Security Council, he sternly admonished all present, including the top White House staff, to refrain from leaking criticism of other members of the Administration-at the risk of getting fired...
...above this year's norm is likely to be below the norm of, say, 15 years ago. Skeptics also complain that teachers are drilling students on test skills instead of real reading and writing. Disgusted by the cramming mania, one Missouri superintendent recommended that schools in his district refrain from "preparing for the Super Bowl...