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...American Airlines spokesman, John Hotard, tried to shrug off the embarrassing episode. Said he: "It happened, and now all we can do is laugh about it." The details of Rearick's life emerged following the ceremony. After his arrest and conviction on an extortion charge, Rearick was sentenced to 25 years in a federal penitentiary in Washington State. But after less than two years in prison, where he became a born-again Christian, Rearick received a pardon...
...sells out frequently. If she has her way, one day there will be a skating rink in Barrow. For now, Pepe's thrives. (Mervin Setoyant, for instance, eats there four times a week. "It's something different," he says with a bored shrug, contemplating his usual order...
...sorry state of U.S. -Soviet relations. The Olympic boycott expands. Sakharov suffers. The Soviets seem unwilling to talk about nuclear-arms reductions. Instead, the Soviet Defense Minister announced last week that Moscow has added two warhead-laden submarines to the several already patrolling American coasts. Reagan tried to shrug off the new subs. "If I thought there was some reason to be concerned about them," he joshed, "I wouldn't be sleeping in this house tonight...
...once, the opposition refused to shrug off such election chicanery. As members of the government-dominated election commission inexplicably dawdled over counting votes, demonstrators conducted a candlelight march on Manila's city hall, waving placards that proclaimed, NINOY, YOU HAVE NOT DIED IN VAIN!, TALLY SHEET, NOT TALLY CHEAT! and ONE VOTE, ONE COUNT! In the capital's commercial center of Makati, a recount took away the victory of UNIDO Candidate Aurora ("Au-Au") Pijuan-Manotoc, 34, the former wife of Sportsman Tommy Manotoc, who is now married to the President's daughter Imee...
...artificial blood monopoly serves as a reminder to the U.S. that generousity may be rewarded in the hereafter but never will it advance our economic status. "Adopt, adapt, adept," may cause a shrug, but another saying should make us shudder. "Nice guys finish last...