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When he met with China's leaders during Nixon's first term, writes Kissinger, "we developed between us a habit of candor, honesty and long-range thinking." It was this, he adds, that became "the key to the Chinese-American relationship at a point when few concrete results were achievable and our bonds depended on intangibles. Our ties were cemented not by formal agreements but by a common assessment of the international situation." In two long talks with Mao in 1973, Kissinger helped solidify those ties...
...baby. One woman I spoke with had 22 pregnant friends." Boston Correspondent Joelle Attinger, 30, found a veritable chorus line of cooperative sources in the newsroom of Boston's television station WCVB-TV, where eleven staff members, including Anchorwoman Natalie Jacobson, gave birth last year. "Their candor was striking," says Attinger. "Jacobson acknowledged the difficulties of balancing family and work and concluded that she's 'not cheating anyone.' As one who hopes to follow her example, I found it very reassuring...
...authorities believe he is still a prime target for a Red Brigades assassination attempt. Though Dozier would like to return, he admits his presence might create problems. For now, he is content to take a well-earned two-week leave. Confessed the soldier turned hero in a moment of candor: "I've been on a treadmill...
...result of open access to recommendations and a general decrease in academic standards, "letters of reference have tended to be less precise and to contain less information which might be interpreted as negative," the committee contends, "...the time has come, however, for greater candor and forthrightness...
...President caught in a political blunder can always resort to a familiar gambit to diffuse criticism: mixing candor and contrition. That was the tactic adopted by Ronald Reagan last week as he tried to stem the anger caused by the decision to allow tax exemptions for private schools practicing racial discrimination...