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Turner's harp is composed of 59 ordinary goblets filled with water. They range in size from bulbous brandy snifters to delicate cordial glasses. He creates sound by rubbing his wet fingers around their rims to create a vibration...
Nixon proposes institutionalizing U.S.-Soviet summitry through annual meetings that are patiently prepared and calmly executed. He even offers a short course on summitry: "An American President should be cordial in personal matters but unyielding in policy matters . . . a President achieves nothing by bluster and belligerence...
Relations between Harvard and the surrounding community have traditionally been less than cordial. But even Vellucci, ordinarily a piercing anti-University voice, notes that "Harvard has been reponding as of late, by working with the city government, especially the school department...
...petition protesting voting discrimination. Back in Montgomery last week, Jackson was welcomed graciously by Wallace, who served him pecan rolls on a silver tray and iced tea in a silver pitcher on the sun porch of the Governor's mansion. The next day Jackson was given another cordial reception when he became the first black since Reconstruction to address a joint session of the Alabama legislature. Says State Representative Alvin Holmes, one of 16 blacks in the 140-member legislature: "Political power talks...
Volcker has been transmitting mixed signals as to whether he wants to stay in the job. He is being cordial and responsive to critics. When Congressman Jack Kemp and six Representatives and Senators last month criticized Volcker's support of greater U.S. participation in the International Monetary Fund, the chairman's response was a polite, thoughtful and detailed letter explaining that the $8.5 billion increase was justified in view of international banking troubles...