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...keep his popular backing, Bhutto must get Pakistan's 90,000 P.O.W.s back from India, which hinges on his recognition of Bangladesh. Last week three young Pakistanis burst into the London offices of the Indian High Commission armed with swords, acid spray and toy guns. They took eight staff members hostage, apparently to draw attention to the P.O.W. issue. British police, thinking the guns were real, killed two youths, Basharat Hussain and Mohammed Hanif Hussain, both 19, and captured the third, a 15-year...
...your cover story "Holiday on Skis" [Dec. 25]: I do not argue with doctors who deny that the ultraviolet rays encountered while skiing have an aphrodisiac effect. However, the sheer sensual experience of the warm sun, snow spray in the face, weightless microseconds on a mogul, the symphony of wind blowing through pine forests, thrills of speed, danger and precision and not insignificantly, the form-fitting nature of ski clothing create in this skier a desire for more than a quiet evening with a good book...
...dear to the hearts of New Yorkers. The two men have not done a show together in eleven years or spoken privately in twelve. In point of fact, they loathe each other. Clark bears a particular grudge, because Lewis used to finger-poke him in the chest and spray him with saliva during their act. But the potent arm of CBS-TV reunites them to take part in a history-of -comedy spectacular...
Cernan also had reason to be embarrassed. With one swing of his geological hammer, he accidentally clobbered the $13,000,000 moon car, knocking off part of one of its rear fiberglass fenders, which act as shields against the spray of dust churned up by the rover's wire mesh wheels. Cernan tried to reattach the section of fender with gaffer tape. But because of the everpresent, clinging fine-grained lunar dust, it would not stick. As precious minutes ticked away. Mission Control suggested that the astronauts abandon the fender repair work and get on with the more important...
...California farmer who markets produce supposed to be "organic"-free of insecticide and chemical fertilizer-is known to spray his crops at night to protect them from insects and himself from his customers' wrath...