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...buoyed by success with one Princeton grad and member of Congress, the request went in to the reelection campaign of Sen. Bill Bradley (D.N.J.), Princeton...
...have to tell you," she confided, "This is not a run-of-the-milt request...
...request of Svetlana's former husband, American Architect William Wesley Peters, the U.S. embassy in Moscow has pressed the Soviets for assurances that the couple's daughter Olga willingly went to Moscow with her mother. Svetlana dismissed the inquiry, noting that "as long as she is a schoolgirl, she will act according to my wishes." Olga speaks no Russian, and reportedly her mother wants to enroll her in a special English-language school...
...construction workers yell obscenities at a woman in the street, she rides up to the building to off the hankering hardhats. Estelle seems unstoppable; until she finds she's dying of cancer. "I know everyone has to die, but I thought I'd be the first exception." Her last request, she informs her whimpy accountant son Gilly, is to meet Greta Garbo...
...Congress has funded a first batch of 21 missiles, foes of the weapon believe that the MX program can be shut down before 1986 deployment if Congress balks this time. Congress may also refuse to build more B-l bombers beyond the 100 already paid for. Reagan's request for $1.7 billion in research funds for his Star Wars plan will encounter determined opposition on Capitol Hill. Congress has allowed testing of an antisatellite weapon, but it may refuse to pay for all-out development of the program...