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...second term. "The damage is done," said a White House adviser. "It hurts. It adds to the 'insensitivity' problem." Reagan, in turn, was said to be "frustrated" and "a bit angry." Explained an aide: "He thinks the press coverage has been unfair." Vanishing was the hope that the storm would subside before Reagan leaves April 30 on a ten-day trip to Europe. He will make appearances in Germany before and after the annual economic summit of the seven major industrialized democracies (May 2 to 4 in Bonn), visit Spain and Portugal, and address the European Parliament in Strasbourg...
...even before the unraveling, and the storm that followed, was there anything wrong with the original scenario? Just a few months ago, after all, did not Kohl and President Mitterrand of France hold a moving reconciliation at the World War I battlefield at Verdun? When Kohl raised with Reagan the idea of a cemetery visit, he cited the Verdun ceremony as the model...
...Becker's lunacy is a sign of authentic genius, not just a teenage hormonal fire storm, he could find his way to that imaginary land where Borg plays Tilden, and Laver goes against Budge, in the dream draws of endlessly fantasizing fans. For now, though, he is just a gaudy note in the annals of a game that delights in its overnight successes, then makes up its mind about authentic greatness with becoming, almost anachronistic, slowness. --By Richard Schickel. Reported by Steven Holmes/London and John Kohan/Leimen
...years, is open to visitors. Einstein resided at Kramgasse 49 in 1905, during his annus mirabilis-the miraculous year in which he devised theories to explain Brownian motion, the photoelectric effect and special relativity (E=mc2). The then 26-year-old described it as the time when "a storm broke loose in my mind." The museum features original furnishings and some turn-of-the-century physics-lab equipment, along with photos of Einstein and copies of his notes and speeches. Tickets are $4; tel: (41-31) 312 00 91, einstein-bern.ch...
...armageddon-style plot, geologists are alerted to the growing danger. They reel off projections of the worst-case scenario: a massive storm of volcanic ash covering the entirety of the United States and killing millions of individuals by collapsing roofs, immobilizing cities, and crashing airliners...