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...boycotts, states of emergency or any action by the police or security forces. The use of public address systems was banned, along with the display of flags, banners, placards, pamphlets and posters. Those attending a funeral must travel to and from the service by car or bus, not on foot, and must use a route designated by police...
...predecessor, Konstantin Chernenko, was too ill to travel then, and indeed died only a few weeks later. By contrast, Gorbachev impressed his Warsaw Pact comrades with the vitality and ease of command he has demonstrated in the Soviet Union. When the two days of secret talks at the foot of Mount Vitosha were over, Gorbachev had sent a message to allies and adversaries alike: the Warsaw Pact, whose 6 million fighting men make it the world's largest military machine, was in capable hands...
Summer brings to mind the town's old Norwegian bachelor farmers, stolidly harvesting wheat with their antiquated, clattering six-foot combines. The Norwegian bachelors were not impressed by modern 20-footers. Sure, you got done faster, but that just meant waiting longer till it was time to go to bed. This is a good laugh line, as close to a knee slapper as Keillor lets himself get in the monologues. But like his uncle Lew, he tells stories, not jokes, and he goes on to say that "the clatter brings back memories of old days of glory in the field...
...were to step on Wallace Shawn's foot, he would probably beg your pardon. If you were to push ahead of him in line, he might offer to hold your briefcase. He is, in short, the round little guy with the slightly comical face you have seen in such movies as Manhattan and Lovesick, and he almost apologizes for having written Off-Broadway's newest hit, Aunt Dan & Lemon. "At the risk of sounding self-pitying, the project taxed my resources to the limit and sometimes beyond," he says. "It took more brains than I had, and to figure...
...President had already met in emergency session with his Cabinet. Their decision: no negotiations. Late Wednesday night soldiers set two explosive charges that destroyed large sections of the Justice building, sent 30-foot flames shooting into the air and may have killed many of the 100 siege victims. Early the next morning, the terrorists released Justice Reinaldo Arcienagas with a proposal for a cease-fire and truce. The government refused. The surviving guerrillas apparently realized that their situation was hopeless and reportedly began shooting the judges in cold blood...