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...agreement [Lance's sale promise] was announced with great fanfare, but when the going gets rough, there's a request for an extension." Republican Charles Percy asked whether Lance's pronouncements on bank prime rates involved the "appearance of possible conflict of interest" and attempted to bore in further. But Georgia's Sam Nunn interjected: "How far can you extend this logic? There's no place in the world where he can put his money where it won't be affected by his decisions...
Then, before a gathering of North Korean and American military officers, neutral observers and reporters, three white pine coffins were delivered to U.S. officials, who identified the bodies, resealed the coffins and carried them to the military demarcation line, where U.S. troops draped the American flag over each and bore it away. While the receipts were being signed, a Russian-made sedan drew up and Schwanke, looking pale and worn but otherwise in good shape, stepped out. Later the official North Korean news agency, monitored in Tokyo, said Schwanke had made a public apology at the city of Kae-song...
Still, all this is very far from the image of Utopia that was so seductive in the '60s and early '70s. Perhaps the pursuit of Utopia has become small bore everywhere, concentrating on traffic control, garbage compactors and the blessed ability to breathe even half-clean air. The loss seems greater in California because there the expectations were so much greater than elsewhere. If the continent once seemed to tip west, allowing all things unattached to roll to the Golden State on the Pacific, it has by now regained its equilibrium. California has clearly lost the magic...
...next day, protesting the police action. Both women wore gas masks; they were a curious sight. The newspapers quickly reported the story of the 75-year-old DuPont, a member of one of the wealthiest industrial families in America, protesting a management decision, and the publicity bore fruit. An enquiry was held, unearthing the information that the police, with the approval of their Chief, had been accepting money not only from the city whose children they had accidentally gassed but also from the striking seamen's employers. The Chief of Police was subsequently fired and the two women's actions...
...have a view of the Lorraine before taking one that did, was seen near the murder site within minutes of the killing. No one actually saw him fire the rifle, of course, and the bullet that killed King was too fragmented to be conclusively linked with the gun, which bore Ray's fingerprints...