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...month ago called Ronald Reagan "a new Hitler." Instead, the seasoned comandante played the polished politician, while he embarked on a campaign to win American hearts and minds. During meetings with political, church and press groups, he answered questions with some candor, trying, though not always successfully, to steer clear of revolutionary jargon. Appearing before the United Nations Security Council, he appealed for U.N. endorsement of a recent World Court decision that called for Washington to stop supporting the contra rebels. "We do not want confrontation," he declared. "Nicaragua is willing to engage immediately in negotiations with...
Kelly offers measured praise to all the last four Popes: John XXIII ("warm-hearted and unaffectedly simple"), Paul VI ("He was able to steer the church through a period of revolutionary change"), John Paul I ("a man of practical common sense") and John Paul II ("Few Popes have had such wide- ranging intellectual equipment as John Paul, and none has had such a far- reaching impact"). Such judgments are quite unexceptionable, but a secular- minded reader will find more of interest in some of the bad old days...
...problems with the wind and didn't steer as well as I should have," said the Crimson coxswain, Chauncey Wood. "That affected the set, the run and the effeciency of the boat...
Pieckenhagen will be backed by Andrew Hawley at seven, Hunnewell at six, Rich Kennelly at five, Grout at four, Steve Potter at three, Mike Scott at two, and Neil Oleson in bow. Devin Mahony, who has coxed the heavies the entire season, will again steer the race for the varsity boat...
...front end and getting it low enough to lick the racetrack just might be the way of the future. But the other drivers said they'd like to see Big Daddy work out the fussy details first. For instance: Would it stay on the ground, and could he steer...