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Reagan was even more persuasive in a personal lobbying effort, meeting with 30 Congressmen at the White House and telephoning 20 others, some from Air Force One as he sped west for a five-day vacation. Despite efforts by House Speaker Tip O'Neill, 51 Democrats deserted their party on the vote, providing a larger victory margin than many had expected. Said Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin, the House Armed Services Committee chairman who surprised colleagues by switching to the Administration's side: "The negotiating track needs some military support. We need both sticks and carrots...
...house in the Bab al Azizia compound. Expectations were high that they might see the colonel. But as the bus approached the walled barracks, a dozen or so armed guards burst through an open gate, while the sound of gunfire ricocheted from inside the compound. The bus immediately sped off and headed back to the hotel. Was it a coup? For the press corps in Tripoli, a front-row seat for the action had turned out to be a frustrating peep show...
...prediction, made in 1979 in a best-selling book, The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj, became reality last week. During an impromptu "birthday party" with his jailers at the Tihar Central Jail in New Delhi, Sobhraj plied seven officials and guards with drugged sweets, tied them up, then sped away in a waiting car with six fellow inmates...
Often in the past season, as the Crimson has sped to eight-and nine-goal victories, passing the time has been Blair's biggest concern...
...ballot boxes being dumped. Read in a newspaper, Marcos' bluster might have been convincing, but seen on that palatial King and I set, with the ruler feebly speaking those strong words, it was not. In a precarious few days, it was the total collapse of Marcos' American support that sped the end. TV proved its awesome power...