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Washington officials are increasingly annoyed at Japan for not opening more markets to U.S. firms. Missouri Republican John Danforth, who heads the Senate's International Trade Subcommittee, reflects a growing mood. Said he: "The U.S. has been a sort of benevolent chump. We should find some specific means of inflicting at least some economic pain on the Japanese." Even after the end of controls, Japanese automakers may find that the U.S. is not a very friendly market...
...fought. "He looked at me like 'Hey, I'm from Brooklyn too,' " Breland said, sorry to be so wide-eyed about it but never seeing things quite so clearly before. "Breland looked good to me," Dwight Williams countered, "and I ain't nobody's chump. I'm still going some place, because I done fought the best in the world." Hey, they all get their chance...
...tired of the actor. By switching characters like the Queen switches hats, he keeps each fresh and chirpy. Duke has simply enormous energy as he cavorts about the stage. His timing lags a bit when he assumes a Jeevesian demeanor, but his Wooster is quite rummy, a perfectly charming chump, and his portrayal of Gussie Fink-Nottle, the newt-lover, is rather amphibious...
...that some of the older people from other parts of the country, not used to Texas heat, had medical problems. But there were not many of them, and the others who were well continued to chant; "We're Fired Up, We're Going to Dump the Chump...
...cruel beyond the call of love or duty. She knows all a man's vulnerabilities and has deadly aim: "You're very experienced, but you're not a young man in bed. You make love the way you do because you have to." The poor chump replies by asking what else is wrong with him and by telling his tormentor: "I'd marry you today and conceive with you tonight if you wanted and we could...