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...first two sessions-3 hr. 45 min. on Monday and 1 hr. 50 min. on Tuesday-ranged over the troubles in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Middle East, southern Africa, Central Europe, Korea and Indochina. During an exchange of views on emigration. Carter and Teng engaged in some banter. "You can have 10 million Chinese if you wish," the Vice Premier said, hawking and spitting into a spittoon at his feet. "In that case, we'll send you 10,000 journalists," said Carter. That was enough on that subject...
DERN BEGINS merrily but uninterestingly, engaging in Yellen's witless but stubbornly persistent banter. He gets to be boyish and lewd and folksy, to plead and be charmingly self-deprecating, to do lots of nightclub imitations (accents were Lewis's specialty), to get drunk and be irrepressibly untactful, exposing the hypocrisy of others, to despair and age and writhe in agony. Dern does well, especially considering he's been off stage for 19 years, but the quality that makes him special, that sometimes seems too intense for the big screen, is imperceptible on stage. You'd think that his body...
With that bit of banter, Minority Leader John Rhodes last week made his usual gracious speech conceding the speakership to Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill. The Speaker hardly needed the reminder that he leads a chamber that is dedicated just as much as the Senate to reducing federal deficits and halting inflation. Notes Washington's Thomas Foley, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus: "The word liberal has fallen into disfavor." Republicans gained only eleven seats in the November elections, and the Democrats remain firmly in control, 276 to 157 (with two vacancies). Regardless of party, however, members are responding...
...homosexual ceremony [Nov. 13], Mr. Dundes argues that the jargon of football-e.g., score, down, popping-is erotic. He apparently assumes that such words were borrowed from sexual lingo. Actually, these terms were used by football players and fans long before they became part of our sexual-banter...
Scholars have been attending the ICUS convention since 1971 with the alibi that their participation does not aid or legitimize the Unification Church. They simply enjoy the banter, they say. But these scholars are gifted with a unique body of knowledge and concomitant respect. Consequently, they must bear the responsibilities inherent in possessing this unique quality. If they do not wish to aid the goals of the Unification Church as stated in Moon's dubious dogma, they should boycott the church's cultural activities...