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...year with the 2nd Infantry Division, he had only one minor disciplinary mark on his record, a temporary demotion for not joining a truck-convoy movement on time. At first nothing about him impressed his Army acquaintances, though one said Berkowitz consistently refused to join the barracks banter about sex. Recalls a fellow soldier: "Whenever the subject of women or sex came up, David would back...
...Then Vance and Gromyko deliberately launched their own talks on an upbeat note by signing an extension of a treaty to cooperate in space science and medicine and to exchange data on missions to the moon. The two men even tried to foster cordiality by a little banter in the presence of newsmen. As lightning flashed among the Alpine peaks across Lake Geneva, Vance said to Gromyko: "Did you hear those thunderbolts? I was throwing them at you." Gromyko chuckled gamely...
...Allen`s deniand for total candor, if only through directorial manipulation. Early in the movie, Allen has his elementary school classmates reveal, in childish lisps, their future careers--from businessman to dope pusher. At another point, subtitles disclose what Annie and he are really thinking underneath their pretentious banter about aesthetics. Best of all is Allen's accosting of passersby on the street to ask them about his troubles. One contented couple straightfacedly admit that their content stems from the fact that they are silly, boring and vacuous...
...pounds, the Austrian born Schwarznegger has won the Mr. Olympia contest, the world professional bodybuilding championship, six times. Despite the relative merits of his sport, Schwarzenegger acts like the champion he is. With his cocky banter and waggish smile, he resembles Broadway Joe at the height of his career. Schwarzenegger describes the pain of tearing his muscles and the narcissistic pleasure of competitive posing, and beams, "It's as satisfying to me as coming." Since he screws, works out or poses constantly, he claims, "I am coming day and night. I'm in heaven...
...Jimmy Carter, his top economic advisers and Democratic congressional leaders emerged from a four-hour meeting in Plains last week, their smiles and banter clearly gave them away. They had not only reached agreement on what to do about the economy, they were quite pleased with what they had wrought. "I've been in Congress for 24 years," House Speaker "Tip" O'Neill exulted, "and I don't ever recall anything of this nature-the leadership coming and having a dialogue with the President in regard to his pending messages and plans. I am tremendously pleased with...