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...held a "last press conference" in which he told reporters, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore." Last week, with infinitely more grace, Gary Hart told reporters basically the same thing. Of course, one must remember that six years after the last press conference, Richard Nixon was sworn in as President...
Whew again! Night Court's John Larroquette proves himself a wonderful comic foil. Here he is a man sworn to maim anyone who attempts to trifle with Nadia, his former love. Guess who tries...
Such enthusiasm gratifies therapists, who five years ago were mumbling the answer when asked what they did for a living. Attitudes began shifting with the fitness boom and with growing recognition of the importance of massage in high-caliber sports. Professional athletes, as well as dancers, have long sworn by its revitalizing effects. Shortly after New York Giant Running Back Joe Morris began getting regular massages this season to relieve hyperventilation, he started to cut loose on his way to a record year. By stimulating blood circulation and oxygen flow through the muscles, therapists explain, massage helps lower blood pressure...
...sides even disagree on specific facts, matters which would seem to be necessarily true or false. For example, Sickler, who worked for Coors during the 60s and 70s, says that employees were subjected to polygraph tests before being hired and while employed. In sworn affidavits before the House subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, Sickler and three other former Coors employees stated that they were asked personal questions during their preemployment lie detector sessions, including questions such as "What is your sex preference?," "Are you a Communist?," and "Have you ever smoked marijuana...
Bogota's move against Lehder was taken at great risk. Over the past few years, Colombia's on-again-off-again war on drugs has claimed the lives of dozens of judges, policemen and journalists. The battle had slowed noticeably when Virgilio Barco Vargas was sworn in as President last August. The early months of his administration suggested to some that Barco was more interested in his country's economic troubles and did not assign high priority to the drug...