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...Nixon administration had sunk to its lowest point as far as student demonstrators were concerned. The year before, administration had promised to "bring us together" and "lower our voices," Rather and Gates write. But now, it was the vilified enemy...
...custody. The first hours and days after the Oklahoma City bombing convinced many that justice would be swiftly done. Then real-life rhythms took over. Nearly three weeks after the blast, John Doe No. 2 is still at large, and the immensity of the task facing the feds has sunk in. "It's now down to basic investigation and luck," one official admitted. Said another federal lawman: "I think we may be a year putting this thing together...
...seat at the 16th hole, a beautiful par-three, which, I later found out, had been the sight of some of the greatest putts in Masters' history. The year before, Jack Nicklaus had clinched his record sixth green jacket with a huge putt at the hole. In 1975, Nicklaus sunk an even bigger putt, a ridiculous 60-footer, to win the golf tournament...
...Amato said. "They didn't say to Conoco at any one point, 'No, don't do it.'" The Conoco official responsible for the deal, Michael Stinson, was more judicious, telling reporters the problem was merely "a miscommunication." But TIME Washington correspondent Nina Burleigh says Stinson's miffed: Conoco sunk $10 million to $15 million into the protracted negotiations, and now claims the Administration broke a promise to wait 10 days before going public...
...millions, cavorted onstage in tuxes and plumes, dared to announce his bisexuality, endured rehab for alcoholism, cocaine addiction, bulimia. Nothing human was alien to him. But as he began the task of composing melodies to Tim Rice's words for the Disney animated adventure, John wondered whether he'd sunk too low. "I sat there with a line of lyrics that began, 'When I was a young warthog ... ' and I thought, 'Has it come to this...