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...police, who had already used up their supplies of pepper gas, a concentrated and particularly painful form of tear gas. Outnumbered and overwhelmed, the police, many of them young conscripts, knelt in terror behind their riot shields, trying to fend off a torrent of rocks and gas canisters thrown by the students. The protesters began beating the police, then confiscating shields, helmets and other equipment. As the police were finally escorted to safety by student leaders, the crowd set fire to two piles of the collected gear...
...moment, the plan has hit even rougher waters at home from those who think a challenge is being thrown to Iran without full consideration of the risks. A broad array of critics has come out opposed. Henry Kissinger, despite his sensitivities to Soviet aggrandizement, warned of the implications of a U.S. tilt toward Iraq in its 6 1/2-year war with Iran. Jeane Kirkpatrick advised the Administration to go slow. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat, called Reagan's plan "half baked, poorly developed." Said his Republican counterpart, Bob Dole of Kansas: "I don't think anyone knows...
HOSPITALIZED. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., 72, son of the 32nd President and Democratic Congressman representing New York's 20th District from 1949 to 1954; in critical but improving condition following surgery after he, Wife Linda, 47, and Son Jack, 9, were thrown from a horse-drawn cart on their farm in Millbrook, N.Y.; in Poughkeepsie...
...Greenspan is something of a study in contrasts. Soft-spoken and shy, he nonetheless cuts an impressive swath on the social circuit that revolves around Manhattan's Upper East Side and Washington's Georgetown. The economist, who favors custom-made shirts and conservative suits, can be spotted at parties thrown by the likes of Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta and Publisher Malcolm Forbes. A longtime bachelor (a one-year marriage to Artist Joan Mitchell was annulled in 1953), Greenspan once dated Television Personality Barbara Walters, who calls her former escort an "excellent dancer." His current companion is Susan Mills...
...proper role of the council was thrown into question as controversy erupted over whether the council could debate divestment. Members split into two factions, "political" and "apolitical...