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...America bureau chief John Moody had a powerful sense of deja vu. He had spent ten weeks in Panama last year reporting on the riots that accompanied the Reagan Administration's efforts to bring down the country's dictator, General Manuel Antonio Noriega. On both occasions, Moody felt a shiver of physical danger. Last year Moody was chased by several of Noriega's riot police, called the Dobermans. "When they finally cornered me, I figured my time had come," he recalls. "I was more than a bit surprised when the head man pulled up short and asked me with...
...soaking up so much money and talent that smaller but vital projects would dry up. Others stressed that the technology to do the job in a reasonable time was not available. But by 1986 some opponents realized they were fighting a losing battle. "The idea is gaining momentum. I shiver at the thought," said Baltimore then. Now, however, he approves of the way the project has evolved and has thrown his weight behind...
...gray garbage bags, 100 young men from Central America spend the night dozing against the brick wall of an Immigration and Naturalization Service center in Harlingen, Texas. On a muddy field in nearby Brownsville, 75 families endure a driving rainstorm crouched under plastic sheeting. At an abandoned hotel, children shiver around wood fires and try to sleep in cold, gutted rooms under mounds of donated blankets. By official estimate, at least 5,000 refugees from war and deteriorating economies in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala have been stranded in South Texas since the INS last month directed applicants...
...harder to make in the face of Mike Tyson, the monster that men have worried was at the heart of their undefinable passion and indefensible sport. For twelve rounds or less, Tyson and Michael Spinks will fight over the heavyweight championship next week. It is time again to shiver. See SPORT...
Reagan's words sent a small shiver through the Israeli public, which is concerned about the country's worsening image in the U.S. Israeli news accounts played up Shamir's enthusiastic reception by some American Jewish organizations, but many U.S. Jews have criticized him as an obstacle to peace and for his government's harsh handling of the uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...