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...Peking, Teng assured a visiting Argentine diplomat that the invasion would be "circumspect" and "will not be extended or expanded in any way." That statement seemed to confirm the initial Western interpretation of the possible Chinese objective: a swift, hit-and-run offensive, and then go home. But the Chinese were not yet ready to withdraw. At this point the Chinese shock troops, led by General Yang Teh-chih, China's deputy field commander in the Korean War, had not tangled directly with Viet Nam's crack regular army?battle-tested by victorious successive campaigns in South Viet Nam, Laos...
Early reports from my correspondent over at J. Press told me that Overtures was one of the better HPTs in recent years. During the show, rhythmic clapping and the loud murmuring between scenes seemed to confirm this...
More to the point, anyone can confirm the sticking power of business's best slogans simply by scavenging around in the mind: Does she or doesn't she? Even your best friends won't tell you. Ask the man who owns one. Say it with flowers. Up, up and away. Fly now, pay later. You're in safe hands. Plop, plop, fizz, fizz. Good to the last drop. The high-priced spread. Tastes good like a cigarette should. Leave the driving to us. I'd rather fight than switch. When it rains, it pours...
...Donovan four days before embarking on his U.S. journey, Teng was openly, explicitly anti-Soviet, going so far as to urge a U.S.China alliance against Moscow (see following story). Publication of the interview on the day Teng is to sit down for his first talk with President Carter could confirm the Soviets' worst suspicions...
Sidney Verba, chairman of the Government Department, yesterday refused to confirm or deny whether his department had approved tenure for Dominguez...