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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strictly blind, it seems that the Governor took an active interest during his final months in office in the purchase of the Santa Barbara ranch. It was opposed by the financial experts. But, as Dart explains, "he just had to have this one. It was love at first sight." Adds Wilson: "He told us that he always had made money on his real estate and challenged us as trustees to prove that we always had made profitable investments for him. That we couldn't do." At the ranch, Reagan's 50 steers are about all that the land...
...Kampala. Since the downfall of Amin last year, Karamoja has turned into a surrealistic terror, as heavily armed marauders led by remnants of the fallen dictator's army swoop down on villages in search of food. While stealing it, they often kill every man, woman and child in sight. After almost a dozen relief workers were murdered, CARE and other agencies considered suspending their operations until some semblance of order could be restored. The troops dispatched to the area by the post-Amin regime have often joined in the attacks on the local populace. In late May, Tanzanian soldiers...
Generation after generation of tennis champions have measured their worth against the memories of Wimbledon. But in all those years Centre Court, with its pampered lawn, its banked grandstand packed with royal patrons and regally sportsmanlike fans, has belonged to Borg as it has to no one else. The sight of him, Wimbledon Cup held aloft in vic tory, has become as much a part of the Fortnight, as the British call the pre mier tournament of tennis, as members taking tea in their rose-covered enclosure, or the hundreds of fans patiently queuing for strawberries and cream beneath green...
...woman, an actress of sorts who, in the words of one contemporary, knew "absolutely nothing of the unkindness, hostility, narrow-mindedness, hatefulness and wickedness of the world around her." It is the tale of a woman who, as Lash writes, "spoke the language of love. Despite the deprevation of sight and hearing...she was made to love and be loved...
...privately that the Politburo's decision to invade Afghanistan was made much easier by three years of "hostile" Carter policies. "We had little to lose," says an expert on foreign affairs in Moscow. "Your Government had long since thrown away all its carrots and reached for every stick in sight...