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...vowels. Stylistically the difference between the two countries is the difference between Rex Harrison and Gary Cooper-a difference that is generally played to the hilt by both sides so that they may simultaneously find each other quaint and horrifying, each regarding his counterpart as if he had never seen such a specimen before. Put crudely, one is a nation of shopkeepers and the other a nation of shopping malls; different size, different look, but the same goods...
Haig tests his endurance He's breaking my heart," said former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger last week about his current counterpart. "I used to do 200 miles . .. he's doing 8,000." Alexander M. Haig Jr., 57, is also breaking records: nearly 30,000 intercontinental air miles since April 8, shuttling between Washington, London and Buenos Aires. In one grueling eight-day period he could have adjusted his watch 22 times, far exceeding Kissinger's single-zone hops between Syria, Israel and Egypt. Following an 18-hr, flight from Argentina, Haig, who underwent triple coronary bypass...
Cotton adds just a tinge of malice, however, to this otherwise innocent Clarisse. Although some of her constant gesturing seems forced, her carefree attitude is an effective counterpart to Ventroux's stuffiness. She is seemingly oblivious to the insanity of her logic. Criticized by her husband for "pawing" the thighs of a man while examining the material of his trousers, she explains. "Well, what did you expect me to do? I couldn't very well ask him to take his trousers off--a man I'd only just met." She is similarly naive about walking around in front of Hochepaix...
Unlike its Cambridge counterpart, the University snow removal program is' well-funded, Bernard K Keohan, superintendent of grounds said yesterday adding that the snow removal operations throughout the University are going well. "I can see no problem with removing the snow at Harvard in the immediate future," Keohan said...
...major weapons on its own soil had been established; he would not use it. Then, dramatically, he asked me to take a personal message to Golda. He dictated it on the spot; it was the first direct message in 26 years from an Egyptian head of government to his counterpart in Israel. It stated: "You must take my word seriously. When I made my initiative in 1971,1 meant it. When I threatened war, I meant it. When I talk of peace now, I mean it." With this we parted. We were now on the home stretch...