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With the nationals won, Thomas packed up her 1984 Toyota and drove from Denver to Boulder, where practice ice has been made available. She is supposed to be on a sabbatical from Stanford but could not resist several courses last semester at the University of Colorado. "I'm used to a suicidal load, calculus, chemistry and stuff -- I whale on it. I took German here just for fun, and I've had a blast." Of course, her study of German is not entirely ! idle. "I want to speak a little of it to Katarina. She's all right, I like...
...Dole could not resist a shot at Bush on the Iran-Contra arms deal...
...Dole, who had the most to lose by the Bush-Rather dustup, took the long view. Advisers counseled him to maintain a judicious silence, but he could not resist a barbed comment about Bush's born-again aggressiveness. "If you can't stand up to Dan Rather," he said sharply, "you've got to deal with Gorbachev and a few other people." Dole also noted that the affair was another indication that the Iran-contra issue will not go away...
...clock that was, in part, Dan Rather's problem with George Bush. With Firing Line, William F. Buckley Jr. has done a pioneer's work in civilizing discussion on television. But the temptations of television -- spectacle, flash, the short attention span, the sensationalism of the irrational -- are hard to resist. At its worst, television journalism is a form of cartooning, and lately the cartoon style has become more popular...
...breakfast. "Anything," Gary said. "Porridge or doughnuts?" she asked. "Anything, babe," he replied tersely. At O'Hare Airport that evening, Hart became hopelessly lost while searching for the right baggage-claim carrousel. As the couple and a small group of reporters wandered aimlessly around the terminal, Lee could not resist taunting her husband, "You're not showing leadership, Gary." She even repeated the wisecrack for the reporters' benefit. Later, in South Dakota, Lee's interjections caused Gary to ask her to hold her peace until she had an interview of her own. "O.K.," Lee retorted. "I'll wait until...