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...French, the latest targets of "revolutionary" Islamic vengeance in Iran, last week's episode came as an unexpected and brutal shock. In Paris, Socialist President François Mitterrand canceled weekend plans and closeted himself for five hours with aides to discuss the crisis. Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry spokesmen at the Quai d'Orsay issued optimistic statements. Declared Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson...
...second operation. In what was termed a "perfectly successful" procedure, Gemelli doctors reconnected segments of the Pontiffs colon, a simple operation that reversed the intestinal bypass surgery performed last May after the attempt on his life. With a reticence typical of reports on the Pope's progress, Vatican spokesmen waited half an hour to inform the public about the operation. By the time Gemelli issued the hopeful medical bulletin, John Paul was already conscious and smiling as hospital staff members wheeled him back to his suite. He will still have to spend at least ten days in Gemelli...
Education Department spokesmen contradicted that position this week, arguing that Title IX was designed to cover only students, not employees. They added that the changes will not affect "substantive protection" against sex discrimination...
Justice Department spokesmen declined to comment on Bell's request...
...former President Carter. The administration points out that when the NEA and NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) were founded by Johnson in 1965, they had a combined budget of $2 million. Trimming arts funding is not an attempt to eliminate federal support for the arts. Reagan's spokesmen say. It's just an effort to keep things in perspective...