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...have to give us some material to work with." Texas Democratic Chairman Bob Slagle, a Gore supporter, fears that Jackson will nail even more left-wing planks into the platform than were there in 1984. "If Dukakis gets pictured as soft on defense," says Slagle, "he's in a ton of trouble down here." Slagle's solution: lure Georgia Senator Sam Nunn onto the ticket by offering to make him Secretary of Defense as well as Vice President. That unorthodox approach would compensate for Dukakis' lack of expertise in national security affairs, but it would be a confession of weakness...
...speedboat fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns at the 37,011-ton Sea Trader in the strait, the southern entrance to the gulf...
...high-level operational posts have been filled by inept cronies. The result has been mismanagement of the railway and poor road maintenance. Panama has imposed a dubious "lights and buoy" fee on ships approaching the canal, although the treaty prohibits such charges. At the rate of 1.25 cents a ton, the levy could raise as much as $2.5 million a year. But the penny-wise move could have pound-foolish results. In retaliation, Washington has threatened to revoke a fee exemption enjoyed by Panamanian ships at U.S. ports. The amount: 50 cents a ton...
...long as she can remember, Gwen Linde wanted to be a pilot. At Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., Linde, 29, is commander of a C-141 transport plane, a mammoth, 75-ton, four-engine workhorse that carries everything from weapons, paratroopers and medical supplies to Bob Hope and his entourage. Leading a crew of six, Linde routinely carries out five-day missions to bases in Hawaii, Guam and the Azores. Her dream, however, is to fly the fighter jets that she once trained others to operate. But since those elite birds are designated for combat, women have been...
...just departed buck, and 18 kinds of frogs. There are also lifelike rabbits, geese, chickens, lambs, foxes, crocodiles, armadillos, toy poodles and blue jays. On a larger scale, Harper features full-size pigs and half-size cows and black bears, which nevertheless weigh about a fifth of a ton...