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...added, "is spoiling all peace efforts and pushing the Middle East toward an explosion whose consequences cannot be predicted by anybody." This was the kind of sentiment Podgorny had come to hear. It enabled Sadat to show he is no softy. At the same time, it served to damp down a mood of euphoria in Egypt about the possibilities of peace and domestic improvement. Sadat has encouraged that mood, but it could get him into difficulty if nothing comes...
...there is nothing like them. The body may not be fully sheltered, but head and shoulders stay totally dry. People can see where they are going, or who is coming at them. Women can make it home from the beauty parlor without losing their curls to the wind and damp. Only drawbacks: sharing is impossible (not enough room) and smoking both a foggy business (not enough air) and an incendiary...
Owen seemed more concerned yesterday with the cold, damp weather than with the two strong teams the Crimson will be facing. "Dartmouth will be pretty tough. But Holy Cross? Holy Cross doesn't have any athletes." Owen said...
...traditional joke among the golfers that the weather is always cold and damp for the Greater Bostons. The weather will be especially telling today, since the linksmen have to play 36 holes-18 in the morning, 18 more after lunch...
...Marquis de Sade rather liked sex in dungeons. Henry Miller protagonists were prone to phone booths. In Chile, patrons of the Hotel Valdivia can indulge their fantasies, without being either damp or cramped...