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...only weapons-grade plutonium plant: "These installations have been here for years, but I do think our people are now uncomfortably aware that South Carolina plays a far greater role than we would wish in nuclear matters." Even more remarkable has been the reception given to four saffron-clad Buddhist monks from Japan, who are trudging along highways in the South chanting prayers of peace. The monks believe that the ground they cross will be protected from nuclear war; they began their pilgrimage from New Orleans last January and hope to reach New York City by June. "We have been...
...midst of Baltimore's recently rejuvenated Inner Harbor--that city's version of Faneuil Hall--sits an outpost of youthful chicken slingers clad in the orange and black colors of Alex's little kingdom. Moored in the harbor's greenish-brown water in the moth-balled U.S.S. Constellation, cousin of Boson's Constitution, and a favorites among the hordes of tourists who swarm through the twin glass-enclosed pavilions every day in the slimmer. They gawk at the awkward old boat and munch on Alex's chicken...
...stronger and closer cooperation and community of views, in order to affirm our presence on the world stage and to enhance the importance of Europe." So declared French President FranÇois Mitterrand at the conclusion of a two-day meeting with his neighbor, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Clad in dark, diplomatic blue as they sat under the crystal chandeliers of the Elysee's Salle des Fetes, the two leaders were explaining the unusual eight-point "Franco-German declaration" that capped their summit in Paris last week...
...book's cover boasts a huge picture of an impeccably clad, somewhat arrogant-looking executive, presumably Molloy himself. If the book does anything, it portrays the vapidness of the "success" for which this man lives. Dickinson said, "Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed." Perhaps this explains Molloy's peculiar fascination with the subject...
...capital, San Salvador. According to the army, the victims were subversives who put up an armed resistance to the raid. But most independent observers agree that the victims were unarmed residents who were taken from their homes by the soldiers and shot. Many of the corpses were clad only in their underwear...