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French has been through Ulster's cycles of violence from the beginning. A close friend, who had joined the R.U.C. on the same day that French did, was killed in 1970, the first police victim of the I.R.A. Today French is responsible for some of the roughest terrain in Ulster, a stretch of 41 miles along the border with the Irish Republic that is part of "bandit country." The I.R.A. constantly uses the 291 crossings along the 280-mile border to escape manhunts, carry out ambushes and smuggle weapons and explosives...
...headlines of 1987 was Ronald Reagan. He was there not so much for his accomplishments as for his lack of them. "Terrible, terrible," said Nancy Reagan, herself a victim of cancer, in a year-end interview with the Washington Post. "Overall, I guess the whole year has been the roughest...
...roughest year afflicted not only the First Family but also several friends and followers. It was a rough year for Reagan's onetime close aide Michael Deaver, who was convicted of perjury; a rough year for Attorney General Edwin Meese, under official investigation on suspicion of corruption; a rough year for Federal Judge Robert Bork, nominated to the Supreme Court but humiliatingly rejected by the Senate. Well, time passes. Next year at this time, Ronald Reagan can look forward to packing his bags and heading westward into the sunset, just as he and his fellow heroes used...
...roughest game of the year," said Ciavaglia, whose goal with five minutes left in the game off a rebound from Dartmouth goalie Steve Laurin was the game-winner...
...meant to put increased bargaining pressure on the target company, a pattern that in years past meant a settlement with Ford would quickly be applied to GM and Chrysler as well. But that is no longer the case: bargaining this year could be the most complicated -- and perhaps the roughest -- in quite some time...