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Diehard lapta fans deeply resented President Reagan's recent remark about lapta's "evil umpires." In truth, umpires are so revered in the Soviet Union that players often call out, "Honor to the umpires!" and managers run out of the dugout to congratulate the men in black on successfully making difficult calls. This is because the umpires are scrupulously fair and usually have close relatives on the party's Central Committee...
...well-educated Eastern reporter was recently heard to remark "What do you suppose, 50 to 60 percent of the American people believe...
...Washington, Senate opponents of the Administration's reflagging plans failed to muster enough votes to call for a 90-day delay in the operation. In the House, tempers flared over a remark by Congressman Les Aspin that the first U.S.-escorted convoy would sail July 22. Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, revealed the date after attending an Administration briefing. Republican Minority Leader Robert Michel accused Democrat Aspin of "unforgivable" behavior, but Aspin pointed out, correctly, that Republican Senator Robert Dole had also disclosed the date to reporters...
...that position, testifying that on the day he was fired, the President called to console him and said, "I just didn't know." North denied having told an aide shortly after the call that the President had said, "It's important that I not know." If accurate, that subtle remark could suggest a cover-up by Reagan. But North insisted, "I don't recall the conversation that...
Writers have often thought of the Constitution in nautical terms, a motif probably suggested by the image of the ship of state. In 1857 Macaulay told an American, "Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor." (A foreigner's elegant remark. Others suspect that the Constitution has entirely too much anchor -- too many checks and balances -- to make any headway at all.) The sociologist David Riesman likens the Constitution to the shallow keel of the national ferryboat, on which the passengers keep shifting from port to starboard and back again. One might also suggest the image of a trimaran...