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...should have been a drama of cliff-hanging suspense, a momentous showdown. But, in fact, an air of unreality hung over the legislative exercise. For one thing, the numbers became totally confused; there were loud arguments about how much the various resolutions under debate exceeded Reagan's spending targets...
...Hollywood beginning a movie career even though he can barely speak English. However, Levi's disappearance from a film studio sets off a cross-country chase. With a sackful of disguises, Levi makes his way to Warm Springs, Ga., where F.D.R. is soaking his paralyzed legs. The showdown brings on Nazi agents and a three-way shootout, though that is not the way the story ends...
That sets the stage for a showdown with Congress this week. The Government has been operating under a "continuing resolution" authorizing spending using ceilings set by Congress last summer. The resolution expires on Friday, when it is supposed to be superseded by regular appropriations bills. But Reagan noted that most of the twelve appropriations bills pending in Congress specify spending considerably higher than he wants. The President said, "I stand ready to veto any bill" that costs too much...
...time the showdown came in the Senate last week, Reagan had put forth his maximum effort. Since Sept. 11, his aides had shepherded 75 of the 100 Senators to the White House to hear the presidential pitch in person; 44 had been closeted with Reagan in one-on-one sessions, 17 between Monday morning and 2 p.m. Wednesday. Then when the last, Arkansas Democrat David Pryor, left the second-floor study, Reagan suddenly found himself with nothing left to do to influence the vote. He spent the last three hours reading and chatting with Nancy and aides. He went downstairs...
...addition to being an exceptionally talented placekicker and striker, Papagianis terrorized Harvard pool tables with his $125 cue. Perhaps his finest moment was the day he and a friend "won" the cue of the infamous Minnesota Fats. In a fateful showdown in a St. Louis pool hall. Papagianis' companion beat the great Fats. A gracious loser always. Fats threw his stick at them and stormed...