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...fell to the floor, his blood streaking the white altar cloth. He was mortally wounded, struck in the heart by a single fragmenting .22-cal. bullet. The gunman ran to a small red car and sped away. A nun who bent over to kiss the dying prelate heard him whisper, "May God have mercy on the assassins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EL SALVADOR: Murder at the Altar | 4/7/1980 | See Source »

...wife Nancy is a gracious and attractive woman of 56. They will celebrate their 28th anniversary this week. She travels with "Ronnie" (a nickname that only she and a few of his closest friends use) as adoring fan and adviser in small things. "Smile, honey, smile!" she will whisper to the candidate as he gets ready to tape a TV interview. A onetime movie actress who appeared in such films as East Side, West Side (1949) and Shadow on the Wall (1950), she gave up her career to marry Reagan. The candidate seems quite accurate when he says, "Any interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan's Rousing Return | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...take a gal out for an evening, a good dinner, wine and music, and then go dancing before you drive her home, slip inside her door, mix drinks and plant yourself on the couch, waiting for her to drop her skirt, grab you by the collar and whisper what she loves about your body as her tongue traverses the length of your silk tie while you try the dials on her bra, fumbling and breathing heavy until the fantasies you had sitting in traffic seem like so many red lights on the road to ecstasy...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Loop Libido | 3/8/1980 | See Source »

...problem with Kennedy's strategy, people whisper in your ear, is that it never existed. We've got a candidate who's two-to-one up in the polls and he's a Kennedy, organizers thought. Who needs a game plan? But as Carter's stay-at-home-and-manage-the-country tactics threatened to bury the senator's campaign, Kennedy's advisers armed their candidate with major policy addresses tailored to sharpen his attacks on the president and draw the media...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Those Tough Kennedy Battles | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...Mostly I feel drained. I want to tell someone but I am afraid of unnerving them, especially the girl in the next room, whose breathing--long, deep, frustrated sighs-- is audible even among the respirator buzz of the terminals. So I turn to the comrade next to me and whisper "That's it... I just finished." He says "good for you," without looking...

Author: By Solange R. Wetlaufer, | Title: Terminal Illness | 1/16/1980 | See Source »

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