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...little bit of a crazy person, alwayscracking jokes--not your typical stiff-neck-typedean," Theil added...
Harvard scored all its points during the second and fourth quarters, with a stiff breeze at its back. Facing the wind, Harvard was as hapless as a dinghy in a monsoon...
...Kohl towered eight inches over his guest, leading police escorts to dub the pair Big Man and Little Man. Despite his height advantage, Kohl later complained that he had developed a visceral aversion to his guest, who "physically gave me the jitters." Honecker, spry at 75 but stiff and formal around Kohl, visibly relaxed as he toured four of West Germany's eleven states. He softened his rhetoric, at one point predicting that the border between East and West Germany will one day "no longer divide us but unite us." The most touching moment came when Honecker arrived in Wiebelskirchen...
...Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth and at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. By November flights must be close to on time at least 50% of the time. By April planes must arrive within half an hour of schedule at least 75% of the time. If not, the airlines will face stiff fines...
Earlier in the week U.S. negotiators in Geneva had taken an equally important step to sweep away the other stubborn sticking point in the INF talks: they eased their demands for stiff on-site inspection checks to ensure compliance with a treaty. The turnaround was extraordinary for Reagan. It has long been an article of faith for conservatives, the President foremost among them, that any agreement should include the strictest possible verification procedures. Before entering the White House, Reagan attacked Jimmy Carter's unratified 1979 SALT II treaty for lacking adequate verification guarantees...