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...that a U.S. military raid to rescue the hostages had been aborted, leaving the burned bodies of eight servicemen behind in the Iranian desert. In the next days, Americans gloomily sifted the rubble of their hopes and the nation's self-respect. Why had three of eight Sea Stallion helicopters failed? What was wrong with our equipment, or our nerve? Had there been a reasonable chance of success or was Carter's raid an ill-advised act of desperation? Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who had opposed any military rescue attempt from the beginning, resigned. Carter replaced...
...Banker real estate agency (asking price: $1.9 million). Their activities, said Press Aide Joseph Holmes, were "remarkably like anybody else getting ready to move." Reagan wandered through the house gathering up belongings and taking long looks at the stunning ocean views. He also accepted possession of a white Arabian stallion, a gift from Mexican President José López Portillo that Reagan had trouble quieting because of the press of onlookers...
...afternoon. He saddles the horses himself, cleans their hoofs and, in the past, even changed their shoes. He climbed up on Little Man, still spirited and shrewd enough to open gates with its nose. Reagan had ridden the horse's mother in one of his movies, Stallion Road, bought her and later bred her. A practiced hunter and jumper, he now restricts himself to trail riding. He loves the surprises of the changing landscape: trails that suddenly open to sloping meadows or pitch through thick, rolling woods...
...hundred students settled into their seats in a darkened Science Center B Friday night, expecting to enjoy the Itallian Stallion's fight against Apollo Creed in the Great American boxing match--"Rocky." It was "Rocky," all right, but he was speaking Japanese...
...goalie, and other prisoners of unquestionable talent-the cast includes 18 pro players. Pelé's biggest problem occurs off the set, where he is constantly mobbed by rabid soccer fans. In the place Hungarians call Hollywood on the Danube, the "Black Pearl" outdraws even the "Italian Stallion...