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...transshipped to the Soviet Union, McKee was given a six-month work release sentence for making a false statement. She described the crime as "all technical violations," like driving 60 m.p.h. in 55 m.p.h. zones. "There's been little fear of heavy sentences. It's more often a slap on the wrist," says Robert McDiarmid, a Santa Clara County private investigator who handles high-tech security for industry...
...closely by concert promoters. Big stars are supposed to sell out, but stars whose shows sell out slowly may have peaked. When Madonna tickets went on sale for three June dates at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, fans who had huddled all night in the rain managed to slap their wadded-up, wet money on the counter fast enough to buy the 17,622 seats available in, yes folks, a new record of 34 minutes. (The old record was 55 minutes, jointly held by Elvis Costello and Phil Collins, who presumably are lolling by the pool somewhere, plenty worried...
Also, this rejection of the postponement request is a slap in the face to student confidence in the College. It remains ironic that such a student request has been denied in a semester in which the College has made student-Faculty contact a focal point of discussion in its top committees...
...name is Popie Jopie./ I happily travel 'round,/ And always when I arrive/ I spontaneously kiss the ground . . ." So runs last week's fifth- most-popular song on Holland's hit parade. The mild piece of satire contains a punster's slap at Pope John Paul II: popie jopie is a Dutch expression meaning obnoxious. The song is but one indication of the hostility that will greet the Pontiff when he arrives in the Netherlands on Saturday for a four-day visit. More disturbing are the threats of violence. Dutch authorities have mobilized 12,000 police for what will...
While Reagan's motive is genuine, the "spirit of reconciliation," which he is bending over backwards to demonstrate to the Germans, comes as a slap in the face to all those for whom the events of the 1940s were a living hell. While a visit to a German cemetery is itself a fine gesture to those Germans who suffered in the war, combined with Reagan's decision to avoid the concentration camps, the move becomes a highly insulating one. Concentration camp survivors, families of victims, and World War II veterans rightly condemn Reagan for what appears to be an attempt...