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...superpower. In Washington, a State Department official conceded that presidential advance teams often "swarm all over our embassies and reduce local protocol to rubble." In this case the ghoulish exercise of selecting a death camp for Reagan to visit appalled many Germans. White House aides would not explain just why Bergen-Belsen was finally chosen. It is conveniently close to Frankfurt, its park-like setting is photogenic, and, since the camp was burned to the ground in 1945, there is little to remind visitors of its gruesome past except a monument...
Kohl also suggested that Reagan might want to appear with him at a Nazi concentration camp. Neither the President nor his aides have been able, or perhaps willing, to explain just what Reagan's reaction to the camp suggestion had been, or why, months later, Reagan seemed to imply that Kohl had never formally proposed such a visit. All that seems certain is that Reagan did not focus on Kohl's camp visit proposal, an error that was to have serious consequences...
...result, the burden of proof in recantation cases is on those challenging the conviction, and the decision of the judge rehearing evidence is virtually never second-guessed by appeals courts. After listening to Webb, 23, explain that she made up the kidnaping and rape eight years ago because she feared she was pregnant by her boyfriend, Judge Samuels weighed her statements against what he had heard at the 1979 trial. He concluded she was less believable now and seemed to have a "selective recollection" of events. As Samuels told a Chicago Sun-Times reporter last week, "Her demeanor was totally...
...best sections are those dealing with dairy products, eggs, meats and fish. In his introduction on the lore of the egg, McGee writes that at one point in history, eggs existed before chickens. He hastens to explain that by egg he refers to the specialized container of the ovum of early organisms that predated all birds by millions of years. Pleasant rambling through history makes good reading, but the author's practical information is more illuminating. For instance, beaten egg whites are important to cakes and soufflés because they hold air that expands as it heats. Yolks, which hold...
...called Oppie ahead of time to explain what was going on. And while we were negotiating, a guy from the lab grabbed the films and went to L.A. with 'em, 'cause that was the only place in the country where they could be processed. It turned out we really struck gold with those pictures. We got it. After that we settled the business, and gave copies to Groves. When the war was over, Oppie gave me the originals, and I'd let people...