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Gretzky singlehanded pulled the Oilers, an undistinguished expansion team, out of the basement and rewrote league history in the process. The slight youngster this season amassed 164 points -goals plus assists-well beyond the record of 152 held safely for a decade by Phil Esposito. In addition, Bobby Orr's 1970 mark of 102 assists fell to Gretzky's bombsight passing. New total: 109. Experts argue that it is easier for strong players to score goals and assists now that the N.H.L. is bloated with lackluster expansion teams. But Oiler Coach Glen Sather points out: "Wayne doesn...
Last week was generous to the convalescing President. There was no festering political problem, no diplomatic crisis-although Reagan did draft a message to Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev warning him against an invasion of Poland. Even if Reagan had not lain wounded, his official obligations would have been slight. One of those chores was rich with irony-Reagan formally proclaimed next Sunday the beginning of Victims' Rights Week. Said the country's most prominent criminal prey: "Only victims truly know the trauma crime can produce...
Contrary to what Hollings has claimed on the Senate floor, the military does not need more troops. The Pentagon reported significant increases in recruitment for 1980 after a slight slump in 1979. As a spokesman for the Army said recently, "With the amount of money we have, we could not handle more people. What we need are people with certain skills...
...House and the President pro tern of the Senate, as elected officials, rank ahead of the Secretary of State. Perhaps realizing his mistake, Haig was annoyed minutes later when Weinberger interrupted Haig's discussion in the Situation Room about the succession provisions of the 25th Amendment. With a slight edge in his voice, Weinberger said jokingly, "Al, we already heard you explain your view of the Constitution." Haig stopped and glared at the Defense Secretary. "You should check the Constitution," Haig replied. Everyone in the room sensed the tension. Then the moment passed...
...friends say that she feels "guilty" about being * when the slug tore into Reagan's left side. She has spent the week visiting hospital rooms-the President's and those of the three men shot with him. She has been consoling Sarah Brady, knowing that a slight change in the angle of the gun barrel could have laid Reagan as low as Jim Brady, or worse...