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...pilot. "It was good vs. evil," he says. "The evil was epitomized by Adolf Hitler and Emperor Hirohito. There was never any second-guessing, never any rationalization about what we might have done differently." Bush was "quite aware" of the cold war. He talked about it with his father Prescott Bush, who was then a U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Bush met Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, the diplomat who riled the world by suggesting he had "to go to the brink" of war to keep peace. The President ponders a question on whether his current policy...
Second Period: 3, B, Jennifer Ahren (Paige Prescott, Sarah Russell) 1:01; 4, B, Russell (Thomas, Petra Eaton) 5:13; 5, B, Thomas (unassisted) 6:57; 6, B, Russell (Eaton) 8:13; 7, H, Stickles (Buxton), 9:51; 8, H, Minkus (Josey Alissi, Ginny Simmonds) 11:52. Penalties--B, Russell (tripping...
...Britain's leading tabloid, cautioned its readers, "It won't be long before the garlic-breathed bastilles will be here in droves once the Channel Tunnel is open." Deep in the British psyche there is a conservatism about ending the island-nation status. Labour Party transport spokesman John Prescott calls this attitude one of England's greatest problems. "We're going to have to be more reoriented toward Europe," he says. In spite of Britain's reservations, when the main breakthrough occurs on Dec. 1, men will meet, clasp hands and celebrate the fulfillment of a dream that has been...
...them, we abuse them, then we dump them." Although dolphin expert Joseph Geraci of the University of Guelph in Ontario reported finding no signs that the San Diego center mistreats the creatures, the aquarium, which has made similar transfers before, put the plan on hold. Said executive director John Prescott: "We want to satisfy any anxiety raised by this decision...
...irony is that the "new truths" of the plains are as old as the crumbling diaries of the first explorers. Those early wanderers lumped the plains into something labeled the "great American desert." In 1931 Texas historian Walter Prescott Webb wrote, "East of the Mississippi, civilization stood on three legs -- land, water and timber; west of the Mississippi, not one but two of these legs were withdrawn -- water and timber -- and civilization was left on one leg -- land. It is small wonder that it toppled over in temporary failure." The Poppers simply confirmed Webb...