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...either the State Department or the White House. His appointment was one of many made in deference to the extreme views of Republican Jesse Helms of North Carolina. Helms, alarmed by the growing anti-Lefever fever, dropped in during the second day of testimony, and finally could not contain himself. He snarled at a witness from the National Council of Churches: "You came here as an expert on human rights, and you attack a man of fine character...
...Secretary of State Alexander Haig. Thus, when President Reagan returned from Mother's Day at Camp David, he found the State Department's draft of the obligatory telegram of congratulations too stiff. Not delivered until the morning after the election, it did contain a gracious Reagan touch: "Only those who have devoted years-long dedication to winning the presidency can fully appreciate what today's reaffirmation of the democratic process in France represents." But the Administration does not quite know what Mitterrand stands for (see WORLD), and there is considerable apprehension that he may include members...
...rotating sets of racks stand nearby, about a third full of comics in their proper place. Above each rack is an explanatory sign in magic marker. "New comics," reads one. "This row contains the week's latest, greatest comics, purchased especially for your reading enjoyment by the Comic Czar. The racks of the comic library contain many recent and old comics. If you're stoned or postponing studying, then you've come to the right place...." Pasted onto the sign is the majestic figure of Captain America, looking slightly glazed...
...world, Americans seemed to go into orbit themselves. "Terrific!" shouted Dennis O'Connell, a truck driver from Queens, N.Y., as he paused in a Manhattan pub to watch the landing. "It shows everybody we're still No. 1." Mrs. Alicia Hoerter, a Louisville grandmother, could barely contain her excitement or her puns. "Columbia, the gem of a notion!" she exulted. "First, it's a rocket, then it's a spaceship, then it's a plane." In a packed Georgia Tech ballroom, great whoops of joy went up when John Young, class...
...Both subtle and overt signs point to deeply-rooted racist attitudes in the Law School," James Katz, a law student, said, adding that an incomplete study of student attitudes toward minority students "is rumored to contain graphic and emotional testimony of deep racial division at the Law School...