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...always, McNamara was crisp and decisive, clicking off facts with computerlike precision. But candid as he was, he was still cautious. And in many instances, what he said could only serve as a launching point for what he did not say. Thus, the real, breathtaking picture of U.S. nuclear power could only be seen with the help of other, previously published facts, of earlier testimony before Congress, and of educated estimates and extrapolation...
...hardly believe," said a member of the West German government last week, "that such friendly animals, so crisp when fried, could cause so much trouble." He was talking about chickens, and the "chicken war" that is being waged transatlantically between the U.S. and its closest friends in Europe. Disturbed by increased Common Market tariffs that have severely cut its lucrative chicken exports to Europe, the U.S. last week decided to retaliate by raising tariffs on many European goods...
...Katzenbach rode up in a border patrol car and strode purposefully to the doorway. There Wallace stood waiting. He had a lectern in front of him, a microphone draped from his neck and a swarm of state troopers near by. As Katzenbach reached the spot, Wallace snapped out a crisp command: "Stop...
...moving addendum to the crisp legal language of his order, Sey bourn Lynne made a personal plea for peace...
...putted for a birdie four. He then birdied five of the next twelve holes, bogeyed only once and clomped up to the 15th, a 501 -yd. dogleg left, with six under par on his scorecard. A drive like a German 88 carried him 305 yds. down the fairway, a crisp No. 4 iron nicked the green-and a curling 35-ft. putt plunked in the cup for an eagle three. Score for the day: a record eight-under-par 64 that gave him a two-stroke lead over Defending Champion Arnold Palmer. Nobody got any closer. Over the next three...