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...with Bonn. Hungary and Bulgaria are expected to follow Rumania's example within the next few months, and promising negotiations also are under way with Czechoslova-w rn?1-8 alarms East German Boss Walter Ulbncht, 73, who fears that West German presence in the East might iso ate his own unlovely Stalinist regime Jlbricht has done his best to blunt the Bonn drive. His ambassadors in east-bloc capitals have been talking themselves hoarse about the dangers of West German revanche and the evils of deserting Communism's united front Ulbricht even appealed to the Soviet Union...
...tenderly harbors a scaly tegu named Thor, an iguana, two hawks, six chickens, two geese, six golden pheasants and assorted turtles and frogs, to say nothing of the family's five dogs and four horses. He used to have a fierce, 31-ft. Oriental dragon. "But the dragon ate the chameleons, and then one day he was eaten by a turtle," said the lad. "Animals do eat each other, you know...
...might or might not back him if elected. He hedged the danger by weaving a complex web of alliances and patronage promises, then sat back to await the results. The night before the election, he invited 1,500 guests to a white-tie party at which the deadliest enemies ate and drank and gave each other the long Lao handshake that can last through an entire conversation...
...more than ten hours during two days in April 1964, Manchester taped her recollections at her Georgetown home in Washington. In his foreword he wrote: "Mrs. Kennedy asked but one question before our first taping session. 'Are you just going to put down all the facts, who ate what for breakfast and all that, or are you going to put yourself in the book, too?' I replied that I didn't see how I could very well keep myself out of it. 'Good,' she said emphatically." As a friend of Jackie's told Chicago...
...easy task. For the most part, British prisons were built in Victorian times, when a prisoner was locked in his cell all day and even ate his meals in it. Thus the jails are ill prepared for today's more relaxed approach, in which inmates gather in rooms converted for cafeterias, craft shops and TV. Under such conditions, surveillance is not easy and escape routes are more numerous. These days, prisoners approaching the end of their terms are generally trusted on work details outside the prison walls. There simply are not enough guards to keep an eye on everyone...