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Even Grassi, usually one of her staunchest supporters, voted against renewing her contract...
...Governors from agriculture states - especially Minnesota's flamboyant Jesse Ventura - were in full force at the expo, and all called for an eventual end to the embargo. And ironically, Florida, the seat of the embargo's staunchest Cuban exile support, was the most heavily represented - at least by business if not by Gov. Jeb Bush, who had publicly chastised Ventura for attending the event. "This trip has been an emotional roller coaster for me," said Carlos de Quesada, 34, the son of Cuban exiles who represents a Tampa livestock shipment firm, Cuba-Florida Cattlemen, and who was himself making...
...unanimous 15-to-0 vote—passed a resolution strongly criticizing the Israeli attack, after U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim reproached it as a “clear contravention of international law.” Even U.S. Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick, one of the Reagan Administration’s staunchest supporters of Israel, was forced to admonish the raid. “The means Israel chose to quiet its fears,” she told the Security Council, “have hurt, not helped, the peace and security of the area...
Shooing away rumors that he might soon step down from the lifetime charge, Vatican officials insist that the Pope is still sharp mentally. But even his staunchest defenders now concede that Parkinson's disease and an accumulation of other physical trials have left the Pontiff, 82, in an increasingly deteriorating condition. Adding long breaks and naps in what were once 17-hour workdays, the Pope has been forced to yield control of much of the Vatican's daily operations. But to whom...
...more of a problem than was apparent when he was selected last spring. At the time, I rejoiced to find out that students were among the first people the new president consulted. Now, months later, student criticism is an easy and constant refrain. Even his staunchest defenders would be hard-pressed to deny that Summers, earnest as he may be, just comes off badly. This gives his critics an excuse to say that he isn’t engaging them. Luis Hernandez said, “He was saying, ‘I do not need to engage in dialogue...