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DIED. Dennis R. Barnhart, 40, president of Eagle Computer, Inc., a thriving young microcomputer firm that, partly through his skillful management, had doubled its sales every quarter since its May 1982 incorporation; of injuries suffered when his red Ferrari swerved out of control, tore through a guard rail, and crashed into a ravine, only hours after the company's first public stock offering made the paper value of his holdings $9 million; in Los Gatos, Calif...
...reign has been constructive and controversial. He was first elected on a liberal reformers platform, and with the enthusiasm and energy of the city behind him, he championed the renaissance of the downtown area. But the mid-70's marked the dissolution of such united optimism, as racial strife tore at the city, while schooling and housing disintegrated. White the progressive became White the boss, as a close scare in the 1975 election induced him to convert his little City Halls into a machine. His image has been further tarnished by the corruption convictions of several key sides...
...traffic lights with rocks. As the mob charged toward the National Assembly, black-uniformed riot police armed with plastic shields, bullet-less carbines and tear gas panicked and began forcing the demonstrators back with truncheons. Undeterred, 8,000 medical students later staged a sit-in while others blocked traffic, tore up construction material and smashed a police bus. With such skirmishes continuing throughout the week, the outbursts became the most widespread since May 1968, when rioting students rocked the autocratic government of President Charles de Gaulle and virtually paralyzed the nation...
...hugger, a hand-shaker, a back-slapper--body-English--and when something important came up he tore downstairs and interrupted whatever I was doing and said, "You're the only one around here who can straighten this out. You've been in the Far East, not in Washington, among the cookie-pushers...
...sent a messenger over with the package. Quite unintentionally, the Wadsworth office forgot the gift was coming, so that when the gift-bearer arrived holdings a non-descript package and asked to see Fraser, the secret service men hired for the Prime Minister jumped at the innocent deliveryman and tore open the package before it reached the head of state...