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...gave capsules of poison to his two secretaries, presuming that they would want, as part of their jobs, to join in the imminent suicides (they did not). At 3:30 p.m. on April 30, Hitler and his new wife retired to the anteroom of his private suite and shut the door. Hitler put a cyanide pill between his teeth, then raised a Walther pistol to his temple and fired. For Eva, a cyanide pill was enough...
...also shut off credit to Argentina, which owes $48 billion in loans. Although the country promised the IMF last September that it would slash inflation from a 687% annual rate to 300%, prices are now rising at an 851% pace. The government is trying to slow the whirlwind by limiting wage hikes to 90% of the previous month's cost of living increases, but that policy has led to a series of strikes, which threaten to stall economic growth. Admits President Raúl Alfonsín: "The government is multiplying its efforts to get the country back on its feet...
...limb Pete Domenici was on." Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole said the arrangement amounted to "surrendering to the deficit." Growled Iowa's Charles Grassley, one of 22 Republican Senators up for re-election next year: "The President, if he can't support us, ought to keep his mouth shut...
Senior Alexis Martire shut out the Lions’ captain Miriam Rahali in the second set to finish the match 6-3, 6-0 in the No. 3 position. Anderson, sophomore Preethi Mukundan and Wang were victorious in spots four, five and six to complete the shutout...
...claimed only two games between its three doubles pairs against the powerful Crimson lineup. Durkin and Anderson at No. 1 and Lingman and Wang at No. 3 shut out the opposition, 8-0. Bergman and O’Riain won without much difficulty in the No. 2 spot against Cornell’s Melanie Tu and Erika Takeuchi, who scored Cornell’s only game victories...