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Next to Richard Nixon, the most popular American in Peking is probably former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, whose frequently voiced misgivings about U.S. detente with the Soviet Union have been applauded by China's leaders. They made their fondness for Schlesinger and his convictions clear by inviting him on...
One more sequence would have rendered this desolate tale more humane and, I think, more complete. Perhaps not the sort of rediscovered affection that caps off Portrait of a Marriage, but maybe a glimpse into the middle seventies when through, say, a feminist sharing group, Mrs. Elliot would have the...
Deciding on what he called "major surgery" in his 29-member Cabinet to help solve his problems, Trudeau bumped out two party veterans and added seven new faces, including two women. External Affairs Minister Allan MacEachen, a skillful party tactician, was transferred back to lead the currently disorganized Liberals in...
Patriotism may be out of favor nowadays in much of America, but it flourishes in the South. Rusk finds that "patriotism is not just jingoism down here. It is affection for the country and its values." To the Southern spirit, that affection includes a deep, often uncritical respect for the...
Some of Stewart's songs today reflect a life devoted to kinfolk and lazy afternoons. In Easy People the affection and ennui are all but overwhelming: