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Although the House tied the aid up in a cat's-cradle of conditions, the Administration kept open its options on the future of covert operations in Nicaragua and impressed on Congress a fresh spirit of bipartisanship. "There is a new willingness to look at the problem together," said one State Department official. That may be because both sides face political peril. Republicans run the risk of being blamed for increased U.S. involvement in the murky politics of Central America, Democrats of being blamed for a rebel victory if they block aid to the Salvadoran government...
...were passed on to his sister Ann's children a few years ago, but they have since been returned to George, a legacy perhaps for his own daughter. When he was ten or so, TV replaced the comics, and he would spend Saturday mornings watching cartoons, his black cat Dinky draped round his neck...
...promise and problems of this one robust chestnut colt, Trainer David Cross had lost most of his clients this year. He started with 35 horses, ended with just three and did not really blame the defectors. Sunny's Halo's groom and best friend, John ("Top Cat") Sears Jr., said, "It's been him, Dave and me. I rub him. Dave walks him." They both walked him into the winner's circle to a spontaneous chorus of O Canada-an unfamiliar sound at Churchill Downs. Not since 1964 (Northern Dancer) had a horse bred in Canada...
Last week's game of cat-and-mouse may be a small sign that the veneer is about to crack. Following Walesa's brief detention, Solidarity leaders issued a call for widespread protest demonstrations in Poland on May Day. As the most important festival in the proletarian calendar neared, the question also loomed of whether Polish workers and the Polish "workers' state" were once more on a collision course...
...with the toy and arranged to have it shipped to the U.S. He says: "I figured it might be something that could put humor into this recession." (Tradex, which has its headquarters in Hakuta's house, had previously been engaged in the less-than-hilarious business of selling cat food to Japan and importing karate uniforms...