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...definitive answer would be disclosed by the full biopsy tests, which were to be completed on Monday. "But," said the surgeon, "there was no sign of cancer in the patient." In other words, whether any cancer is ultimately found in the excised polyp, no malignancy appears to have spread in the President's body...
...White House, in fact, had any doubt that Reagan and the First Lady could get away for a relaxing Saturday and Sunday at Camp David. As the President and Nancy were walking from the helicopter into the hospital Friday afternoon, a reporter called out, "How do you feel?" Reagan spread his arms and cried, "Fine...
...most dangerous of the 14 major blazes ravaging California was started by arsonists one mile south of Los Gatos and 15 miles north of Santa Cruz in the jagged, wooded canyons and cliffs of the Santa Cruz Mountains. With flames shooting 150 ft. high, the fire spread quickly, fanned by 20-m.p.h. winds and temperatures of 104 °F. The fire was so severe that 650 California minimum-security prisoners were brought in to help with the dirty brush-cutting work. With chain saws in hand and the flames often only yards away, they slashed at the highly flammable under...
With a crisis approaching, Dyson ordered that results of the June 20 survey be sent to him while he attended a reunion at his family's Argentine ranch. Aides telephoned the report to Buenos Aires, where it was tape-recorded and driven six hours to the Dyson spread. It arrived as the executive was dining on a freshly slain and roasted heifer. Reading the document, Dyson realized that consumer anger was reaching critical levels. Says he: "You can get a wonderful perspective on some problems when you are half a world away...
...humanity. The usual Noahide list includes the obligation to help establish a system of justice, plus prohibitions against idolatry, blasphemy, theft, murder, sexual sins and cruelty to animals. According to Falk, the authoritative compendium of Jewish oral law and commentary, the Talmud, says that Moses called upon Israelites to spread knowledge of the Noahide commandments to all people. The Jews never undertook such a mission, says Falk, but Jesus and Paul the Apostle did, motivated "by love of God and fellow...