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...political operative who specializes in bareknuckle campaigns, Lee Atwater is facing his roughest contest yet. The Republican National Committee chairman was hospitalized last week in Montefiore Medical Center in New York City for treatment of a brain tumor known as an upper-grade astrocytoma. Chief neurologist Dr. Paul Kornblith described it as "so aggressive, we had to go after it with hammer and tongs." Dr. William Shapiro of the Brain Tumor Cooperative Group, a nationwide research organization of neurosurgeons, estimates that Atwater, 39, has only a 10% chance of surviving more than five years...
...doubt remembered the testimony earlier in the week by Vincent Cannistravo, a former NSC aide, who admitted, "You could never be sure whether what ((North)) said was true, fantasy, or was being told deliberately to mislead." And North's ability to win over an audience will face its roughest test this week, when prosecutor John Keker gets his turn to ask the questions. "North makes an excellent witness," said Richard Ben-Veniste, a former Watergate prosecutor. "The question is the cross-examination, which will provide by far the greatest dramatic element of the trial. The trial may well hinge...
...roughest moment came listening to the Harvard-Army game on the radio--hearing that Weisbroad suffered a tough hit and was being taken to the hospital. That's when not being with the team was hardest...
WISEGUY (CBS) Ken Wahl is Vinnie Terranova, an undercover cop sniffing out Mob bad guys, in TV's roughest, toughest, most flamboyantly entertaining crime series...
Despite such daunting hurdles, in a few of the roughest districts a handful of schools have managed to become islands of excellence. They did so primarily by establishing high expectations and by getting across the conviction that their kids can and will meet those expectations. No less vital to their success, in almost every case, has been a bold, enduring principal -- if not a Joe Clark, then a different kind of strong personality with his or her own talents as manager and leader. The best of these leaders are able to maintain or restore order without abandoning the students...