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...cancer performed on the removed skin? Apparently, after airing details of his colon-cancer operation, Reagan wished to downplay additional medical discussion. But by sealing their lips, White House aides aroused more curiosity than they desired and probably more than the minor procedure deserved. FOREIGN POLICY Bludgeoned with an Umbrella...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Notes: Aug 12, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...conference was called, dramatically enough, "The State Department Held Hostage." Chaired by Richard Viguerie, publisher of the Conservative Digest, the conference was a grand opportunity for the disaffected right to bash, of all people, Secretary of State George Shultz. Wearing stickers emblazoned with an umbrella (to commemorate British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who sought to appease Adolf Hitler), some 150 delegates accused Shultz of being too soft on terrorists, too warm to the Soviets and too cool toward freedom fighters in Angola, Afghanistan and Mozambique...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Notes: Aug 12, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...this time every company west of the Mississippi will have merged into one giant corporation known as Samson Securities. Every company east of the Mississippi will have merged under an umbrella corporation known as the Delilah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bigger Yes, But Better? | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Florida International executes a parade-themed dance complete with large white umbrellas. Unfortunately, the entire top of one umbrella falls off one girl directly in the front, and another girl’s umbrella goes inside out and dangles to the side as she tries to dance. She tries to throw it behind her subtly, but there’s no hope for her team—the judges have likely already clicked the mishaps. And throwing an umbrella off a stage is hardly subtle...

Author: By Kristi L. Jobson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blood, Sweat, & Fishnets | 4/14/2005 | See Source »

...Dance with an umbrella, and have it flip inside...

Author: By Kristi L. Jobson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How to Lose | 4/14/2005 | See Source »

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