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Votes on other amendments went more smoothly, though some involved intensive lobbying beforehand. The chief items...
...determined to touch bases with as many of the 135 member nations as possible. When he led off the week with an address before the General Assembly, the mood was one of almost tangible excitement. Ushers noted with surprise that all copies of the text had been snatched up beforehand...
...democratically elected government in Chile. "We will have to work with the generals," said a State Department spokesman, "and it makes no sense to issue some moral statement about democracy." On top of all that, world suspicions were aroused by the department's admissions that it had known beforehand about rumors of a possible coup-not that this would have been much of a surprise to anyone, presumably including Allende...
...easy mark. Riggs has a number of strengths, including total concentration when he plays seriously. His slight deafness helps filter out distractions. He also claims to have an inner eye, a kind of instant pre-play that, he says, allows him to imagine every shot in his mind beforehand. "I've played Billie Jean a dozen times in my mind," he says. "Nothing she can do will be unexpected." A more tangible asset is his complete control over the racket. He can return any shot that he can reach. But, he admits, "If I'm sluggish...
...wanted to transfer to Wellesley. I think, now, that part of her attraction to me grew out of her thinking that I could lead her to him. I never understood this delusion of hers, but I'd drag her to parties anyway. And she would torture herself beforehand into the Look, a wasp-haired caricature, binding her curls tightly in a turban around her head, in a towel steamed for straightening. And she would chatter, and the pink would glow in her face. But then she would stand mum and prudish all night and hate herself in a corner. Afterwards...