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...bureau on the political repercussions of the scandal. In addition, members of the Washington bureau handled various aspects of the story as it developed. White House Correspondent Christopher Ogden reported the Administration's revelations and evasions. Eileen Shields and Richard Hornik interviewed congressional sources about the Senate investigation. Roberto Suro supplied a diplomatic context for the White House decision to use Billy Carter as an intermediary with the Libyans. Justice Department Correspondent Evan Thomas badgered officials there about their investigations of Billy's dealings. Simmons Fentress assessed the moral, legal and political issues involved in the scandal...
...Spencer Davidson, Reported by Roberto Suro and Evan Thomas/Washington
What a vision awaited visitors to the Royal Palace in Caserta, Italy. Traipsing through the gardens with Actress Isabella Rossellini, daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Director Roberto Rossellini, was a familiar white-robed figure with the distinctive bearing of Pope John Paul II. Young girls genuflected as the Pontiff passed. A sightseeing nun fainted dead away. After all, His Holiness was at that moment supposed to be traveling in Africa 3,000 miles away. A papal miracle? No, a cinematic satire, Il Papocchio (rough translation: Papal Mess). The Italian film features Actor Manfred Freiberger, a look-alike for the Polish...
...breath as Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier, Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn, Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake La-Motta. In one corner, Sugar Ray Leonard, 24, the World Boxing Council welterweight champion, a virtuoso boxer with stunningly swift hands and a made-for-television smile. In the other corner, Roberto Duran, 29, the former lightweight titlist, a Panama City ruffian with manos de piedra (hands of stone) and a menacing countenance...
When police arrested Roberto Sandalo, 26, in Turin last April, they could hardly wait to quiz him about his activities in the terrorist Prima Lima (Front Line) group, a leftist organization second in notoriety only to the Red Brigades. Sandalo's testimony, they hoped, might enable them to catch and indict a few of his revolutionary comrades. It had a vastly greater effect. It threatened to topple the center-left coalition of Christian Democratic Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga, one of the most promising governments in Rome in many years. It transformed this week's regional and local elections...