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...thievery." Copies of the letter given to local newscasters turned TV and radio on to the case of the clipped newshawk, who says that the Globe's action cut his daily revenues from $15 to $2 and plunged him into debt to the tune of $2,400. Stung by the adverse publicity, the Globe last week resumed deliveries to Manoogian. Said the paper's circulation manager: "It's a no-win situation." As for Manoogian, his big story now is that he is planning a libel suit...
This season, stung by charges of illegal recruiting, the Warriors of Cambridge Rindge and Latin were the sport's bad boys, not only on the parquet floors, but in district court...
...West Europeans, for their part, have become increasingly unnerved by Carter's unpredictable and seemingly capricious approach to foreign policy. Although fully briefed on the U.S.'s proposed response to the Soviet invasion, the West Germans were stung by the President's handling of the Olympic boycott. Administration officials had first told West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt that a boycott was not being considered. Carter changed his mind, and Bonn was given only two hours' notice before the boycott was announced. Said a West German diplomat of last week's Security Council debacle...
George Bush has been stung by "Bushgate" and he jumps at the opportunity to deny any wrondoing. But his real concern is following his carefully-laid game plan. Bush hopes to recreate Jimmy Carter's successful drive to the presidency; he knows that Ronald Reagan cannot survive a second humiliation. But if he is to march triumphantly to Detroit in July he must run ahead of Reagan tomorrow or next week. To keep his candidacy moving, George Bush must hold to his campaign plan. That game plan leaves no place for defeat
...would be to no effect if Misia were just a lucky hanger-on. But as Diaghilev recognized, her taste was accurate. Her occasional criticism stung and enraged Stravinsky, who often played his music first for her. For decades she helped support the composer generously and without question. With the men she loved, she was not so wise. She had a pathetic way of attracting younger women into her circle who could be counted on to steal her man. She was as slow to see this as she was quick to spot the first signs of young genius. Roussy Mdivani...