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...great uncle, my grandma's brother, who died only a couple of years ago, at the age of 93. In a family that tended to be a little withdrawn, taciturn, my uncle Lew was the friendliest. He had been a salesman, and he liked to drive around and drop in on people. He would converse, ask how we were doing in school, but there would be a point when he would get launched, and we would try to launch him. There were two different house-burning stories. I worked in a little bit of one in the book...
...Italians and Egyptians are hoping that if they howl loud enough, it will hide the fact that they got caught trying to drop the Achille Lauro pirates like hot potatoes. If the U.S. had not acted as effectively as it did, four terrorists would probably be free now. Should the U.S. apologize for doing the right thing? Never. Sandi Morris Nutley...
...Managing Director Leo Brooks, who has since resigned, were not resolved. At issue was whether the mayor knew that police intended to use explosives on Move's fortified compound as part of their original assault plan, and whether he also knew that a police helicopter would be used to drop a bomb. Goode claimed he knew little or nothing of either scheme, but Sambor and Brooks said they had informed the mayor. Said Goode: "If anyone had come to me and said, 'We're going to drop a bomb on your house,' I would have rejected that out of hand...
Because of the ongoing social unrest, private investment in Guatemala has been almost nonexistent during the past five years. Partly as a result, the gross domestic product will drop 2% to 3% this year. The combined rate of joblessness and underemployment climbed from 31% in 1980 to around 44% in 1984. Meanwhile, interest payments on Guatemala's $2.3 billion foreign debt consume roughly 40% of the country's export earnings...
...meet in Geneva to discuss arms-control proposals, Moscow seemed to be stepping up its controversial arms shipments to Nicaragua. Said a high-ranking U.S. National Security Council official: "They are conveying a message to their allies that while they will be talking to us, they will not drop their friends...