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...that might, and on into the next day, helicopters and planes flew overhead, dropping water and chemical retardants on the blaze. Although some 700 men were spread out along the length of the fire, its sheet magnitude made even this massive effort miniscule. Wherever resistance was weak and the fire could slip through, tales of tragedy emerged one of the saddest was that of the exotic animal farm in Newbury Park. When the owners of the farm realized the fire was closing in and they could not get the animals out, they opened all the cages...
...Senate had been debating the first treaty for 22 days, and everyone, friend or foe, was ready for the verdict. I listened to the final vote on March 16, 1978, in my little private office, checking off each Senator against the tally sheet where I had listed his or her commitment. I had never been more tense in my life as we listened to each vote shouted out on the radio. My assistants and I had not missed one in our count; there were no surprises. I thanked God when we got the 67th and deciding vote. [The final vote...
...still ringing in his ears, back to the Holiday Inn." Did Updike, invited by the Franklin Library, once agree to sign 20,000 volumes of Rabbit Run on the island of St. Thomas? Bech is lured by Su-perbooks, a subsidiary of the Superoil Corp., to autograph 28,500 sheets, at $1.50 each (Updike was paid a bit more), to be bound in pigskin into a special limited edition of his novella Brother Pig. The assignment carries with it an all-expenses-paid two-week working holiday in the Caribbean with the companion of Bech's choice, who will...
...several applicants said they believed that the difficulty of noticing the marshal information was more to blame for the deadline than the advanced deadline. Last years seniors received individual letters describing the application process, while the class of '83 received sheet in the registration packets...
...outstanding loans made by his shell companies. Though he had been convicted of a financial crime, Calvi was still made welcome at the Vatican bank and other banks. Marcinkus' defense is that he was newly reconfirmed as president of Banco Ambrosiano, and the bank's balance sheet was approved at the end of 1981 by the Bank of Italy...