Word: corneres
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that Russian support of the M.P.L.A. has nothing to do with détente. But the doubts in Moscow may be growing, and whether they prevail may well depend largely on U.S. policy. Explains a Western official: "The Soviets are backed into a corner, so part of their problem is to save face. If there's any chance of getting them out, the U.S. will have to help by not trumpeting the retreat as a great victory for American pressure...
...wild ideas and adventures of Danny Dravot (Sean Connery) and Peachy Carnehan (Michael Caine). These two shopworn soldiers of fortune, after time in Her Majesty's forces, set out on their grandest exploit: to become kings of the remote country of Kafiristan, a primitive land in a far corner of Afghanistan. "They have two-and-thirty heathen idols there," Danny announces. "We'll be the thirty-third and -fourth...
Republicans and Democrats alike are puzzled that Ford, a creature of Congress, misjudged all three situations badly enough to paint himself into an uncomfortable corner with the election campaign drawing near. As Reagan's challenge grows steadily stronger, Ford cannot risk appearing to be indecisive...
DONANA: SPAIN'S WILDLIFE WILDERNESS by Juan Antonio Fernández. 253 pages. Taplinger. $29.95. Tucked away in a corner of Spain, southwest of Seville, is the Coto de Doñana habitat for rare and endangered species: the imperial and short-toed eagles, great bustard, bee eater, azure-winged magpie and, in migration at least, the great flamingo. Those who want to view this ornithological paradise firsthand should be aware of the customary protocol: visitors must get permits from the director of the local biological station to feast their eyes on its plumed riches. This sumptuous pictorial tour...
...only come upon after a confused trip through the intestinal corridors that wrap themselves around the gray floor-to-ceiling cases and racks. The mammal room is also the only place on the fifth floor that you'll find living mammals. Edie Rutzmoser works there, and in the corner there's Charles P. Lyman, curator of Mammalogy, who is talking on the phone and asking someone where he can acquire a pair of canvas duckback hunting trousers. The walls of the office are covered with lithographs of various mammals and on a desk in the center of the office...