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...make matters worse, the chunky kid on the next court was swearing at the top of his lungs and stopping after every few points to crack his racquet against the hard artificial surface. "Goddammitfuckit...crack!" From what I could gather--and I obviously should have been paying more attention to my own match and less to the one next door--the chunky kid was killing his opponent. But he kept on screaming. Maybe his dad was watching...
...meeting closed with a pledge to address the Soviets' key concerns. While affirming the commitment to the "process of renewal," the committee's final resolution promised a "re-evaluation of journalistic cadres" -signaling a probable purge of journalists -and called for the forces of public order to crack down on open dissent. The resolution also labeled political strikes "inadmissible." On this last point, even Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa was moved to agree, telling workers at a Warsaw auto plant that "we [Solidarity] do not exist to change the government or to engage in political activities." It remains...
...spurned a limousine in order to lead his Inaugural parade up Pennsylvania Avenue on foot. He went for an image of blameless frugality, a presidency in a cardigan sweater: no pomp, just folks. He even brought his relative Hugh Carter ("Cousin Cheap") all the way from Georgia to crack down on White House extravagances such as office TV sets and IBM Selectric typewriters...
...hostages and demanding the release of four army and Civil Guard officers who were under arrest for their roles in last February's attempted military coup. They threatened to kill the hostages and blow up the bank if their demands were not met. After a 37-hour siege, crack squads of special police moved in to capture the terrorists and free the hostages...
...guided-missile cruiser U.S.S. Ticonderoga at the Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. Said she: "All I could think of was 'Lord, I am going to go down in history with Mrs. Truman!' " First Lady Bess Truman had struck out when she tried to crack a champagne bottle against the nose of the C-54 U.S. Capitol in 1945. Though that plane got no kicks from champagne, this ship did. Nancy, a righty (natch), uncorked a swing with enough brut force to christen not only the Ticonderoga, but herself and a few onlookers. The scouting report on Mrs. Reagan...