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...Secretary of State in U.S. history has ever carried so much power, so much responsibility or so heavy a burden. One of Kissinger's principal tasks on his two-week trip was to mend at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, the severely strained relations with Amer ica's allies, a task he performed with moderate success. The other and far more difficult assignment was to create a climate for an auspicious start to this week's Geneva peace talks between the Arabs and the Israelis...
Even Latin Americans who challenged his political views found it hard to quarrel with the honor. In such works as the surrealistic poem cycle Residence on Earth, and the massive Canto General, an epic on the origin of the Amer icas, he proved himself to be the continent's most creative and authentic literary voice. In one of its best-known sections, The United Fruit Co., he mockingly writes of "Jehovah" parceling out the universe to "Coca-Cola, Inc., Anaconda, Ford Motors, and other entities," while the United Fruit Co. "reserved for itself: the heartland/ And coasts...
Jones was 11th in 24:45, with Tufts' Ham Amer in the 12th spot...
Nothing was done about improving the Egyptian army's fighting ability. For that, Sadat blamed Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer, the commander who committed suicide after his troops were defeated again in 1967. Egypt's Revolutionary Council had tried to force Amer out in 1961, Sadat indicated, but Nasser allowed Amer to remain at the army's head because the two men were close friends. "I knew there had been mistakes-and grave ones at that," said Sadat of that era, "but I could not renounce Abdel Nasser...
...Gold seems like some sort of milk farm of the soul. The words pour out - regret for not being worthy of his past, pride at Israel's victory in the Six-Day War, and a feeling that even "the perfect story" and "the perfect girl" are not enough. Amer ica, in fact, is not enough...