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...days," insisted Tennessean Terry Moor. But the most celebrated participant took it all in stride. In fact, Jimmy Connors hardly seemed to notice he was in China at all. He spent the five days of his visit playing and practicing, sleeping and eating, dining on the all-American peanut butter he had brought from home. Only grudgingly did he attend a banquet in the players' honor. There was, however, at least one exotic object Connors took in: the 7-ft.-long $8,750 check he received for winning the singles finals against Teltscher...
...means this both religiously and politically; like every other principle to which Michael adheres, there is no separating the two. The question of the relationship between church and state is moot, or, more precisely, irrelevant. Without a pause, the transition between politics and religion is as smooth as butter. "Our citizens are ignorant because the pastors, the priests and the rabbis have not been teaching them the Bible.3
...greater vigor and efficiency of the U.S. economy, the Soviet political system is better prepared for the arms race Reagan is threatening. The Kremlin leaders need not worry as much about public opinion or democratic procedures; they can quickly decide to produce even more guns and less butter. Before the U.S. could even muster the domestic political consensus and the vast expenditures necessary for such a race, an exceedingly difficult challenge in itself, the Soviets could increase both the number of their missiles that have multiple warheads and the number of warheads per missile. They could -and probably would...
Today street vendors sell wares that on any given day may include French bicycles, Australian butter and Japanese beer-all at princely prices. A single can of root beer may fetch $6, a carton of cigarettes $140. The main source of the imports is an Air France flight that arrives every Friday from Bangkok with 45 tons of cargo. Vietnamese who live abroad but still have relatives back home send a steady stream of packages loaded with food, clothing or medicine that can be quickly sold on the black market...
...gathered in Boston Common for the conclusion of the city's five-month Jubilee 350 celebration. Naturally the goodies were scaled to suit the town's venerability: a 2,000-lb. creamy fudge sundae and a 14-ft. by 6-ft. field of butter-creamed pound cake adorned with a 5-ft. marzipan replica of historic Faneuil Hall. The cake, a six-month construction project for Entenmann's Bakery and a local architectural firm, was surrounded, of course, by 350 candles. Kevin White, 51, mayor of Boston for what seems like most of its history...