Word: americanizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...FEAST YOUR EYES; but American readers, close yours. Strobe Talbott's Endgame, a chatty account of the second phase of the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT II), will bore all but eager Soviet intelligence agents and the hardiest of cocktail party devotees. And that's a shame because buried below all the gossip, Talbott offers some perceptive explanations of the nuances of superpower bargaining...
...however, because Talbott does include some perceptive analysis. Although his approach, as one might expect, concentrates too heavily on the American side of the negotiating process, he successfully relates the intricacies of the Washington side of the table. He describes how President Carter's diplomatic naivete and moralistic approach to an essentially amoral process combined to sink many of his initiatives. He dissects the American team's frustrations, while underscoring Carter's desire "to do more than just dot the i's and cross the t's on a document that would be widely perceived as Henry Kissinger's handiwork...
...More and more oarsmen should be coming down to the boathouse this fall," Richard M. Cashin '75, a silver medalist at the Pan American Games this summer, said yesterday. "Some of them will be coming to practice on the Charles, and others just want Harry to know they are out there...
Providence All-American Ray Treacy completed the shortened five-mile course in 23:52, followed by teammate Peter Krooke in 24:09, who was sidelined last year with mononucleosis. Once again Reed Eichner led the way for the Crimson with a time of 24:16 to capture third place...
...have the best hitting team in all of baseball. The Red Sox are also in third place in the American League East, 12 1/2 games behind Baltimore and eliminated from this year's pennant race. Admittedly, the pitching is weaker than some, due in part to the refusal of the owners to buy arms and in part to the exile, at Zimmer's insistence, of Bill Lee, who now stands out among the high-powered hurlers of Montreal. Frustration is not pleasant. Someone's head must roll, and Zimmer's, one might surmise, would roll quite nicely...