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Books, movies and television have long provided a glamorous gloss for the image of the foreign correspondent. Heit has traditionally been a he-dashes from one cosmopolitan capital to another by first-class jetliner or Orient Express-style railway compartment; he puts up at such elegant hostelries as Claridge's in London or the Plaza Athénée in Paris, dining at Maxim's or its local equivalent; he hobnobs with celebrities and is on intimate terms with heads of government...
...making a connection from Beirut to Rome. Officials found several explosive arming devices in his suitcase. Atat was also carrying 5 Ibs. of highly volatile plastic material in a cloth belt under his shirt. An accomplice escaped detection and took a taxi to Zurich's railway station, where police later found a suitcase containing another 5 Ibs. of explosives. The accomplice is thought to have made his way to Rome...
...such inspired extravagance, there was always a Faberge egg in the imperial Easter basket. A gorgeous rooster pops out of the Chanticleer egg to announce every hour; the Peacock egg hides an enameled gold bird that struts on cue and fans its multihued tail; inside the Trans-Siberian Railway egg is a golden Trans-Siberian Railway train. Everyone should have one. But for those who cannot, this lavishly illustrated, well-documented history, Masterpieces from the House of Faberge (Abrams; 192 pages; $35), is a handsome substitute...
...were reminiscent of the "trains of death" that rolled through Punjab in those fearful times. Finally, the government canceled train service between Delhi and the north after learning that 56 bodies had been found aboard trains arriving in the capital. Hundreds of frightened Sikhs took refuge in the Delhi railway terminal, unable to take trains home and afraid even to leave the building. By week's end the nationwide death toll had passed...
...worked construction all my life, and it's rough," says Seiter. "This is a rough sport, and I like it." Karen Stoffel, a secretary with a finance company, is there too. She has come with her husband Gary, a trackman for the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railway, and their daughter Courtney, 6. A heavyset woman with round, cheerful cheeks, Mrs. Stoffel says, "Wrestling is a release from day after day of working. You come here and yell and scream and yell and scream and then go home. My daughter loves it." Little Courtney, in a red and white...