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...Sommerville High School in New Jersey "heard" Jeff dealt in illegal drugs. One day a detective told this same vice-principal that an anonymous parent called police threatening to take matters into his own hands if Engerud kept pushing drugs on campus. With the rumor and an anonymous phone tip, administrators broke into Engerud's looker with a pass key, thoroughly searched it and indeed found a big of speed. Police arrested Engerud and charged him with possession with item to distribute...
...campus scenes and references to Harvard drew crows of delight, such as a Crimson editor's tip to Toby when she is about to write her first article. "This is Harvard, expect a high level of comprehension...
...public eye more difficult than gaining the title. Rosemary LaPlanche (1941) is not much remembered today, though she made 84 movies, including Strangler of the Swamp and Devil Bat's Daughter. Lee Meriwether (1955) has had roles enough, but her name has failed to attain the tip of the national tongue. Mary Ann Mobley (1959) made those Elvis Presley films, and has had trouble shaking the image ever since. Mobley's runner-up, Anita Bryant, is another story altogether...
...real news came almost as an afterthought. House Speaker Tip O'Neill was winding down a routine press conference last week when he offhandedly announced that he would block a sweeping reform of the immigration laws from even reaching a vote. "The His-panics," O'Neill declared, "have said that it's the worst thing that has ever confronted them...
...Administration stoutly denied it. "I'm not trying to set Tip up," Reagan protested to Republican congressional leaders. "We want the immigration bill." Vice President Bush personally delivered the same message to the Speaker. The letter from Smith was described as nothing more than a routine working paper, in effect a bargaining stance for haggling over the bill's particulars. Said the Attorney General: "This in no way amounts to a veto threat." As for the rumors from the White House, they came from a lowly and uninformed aide in the office of Faith Whittlesey, assistant...