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Died. Llewellyn Thompson, 67, diplomat and Kremlinologist; of cancer; in Bethesda, Md. Thompson made deft use of two valuable assets: patience and a thorough knowledge of his opponent. The career Foreign Service officer successfully negotiated the Austrian State Treaty with the Russians, ending Austria's postwar occupation, and the Trieste settlement resolving the Italian-Yugoslav dispute over the Adriatic seaport. His two tours as Ambassador to Moscow (1957-62 and 1967-69) covered some explosive moments in U.S.-Soviet relations, including the U-2 incident and the 1961 Berlin crisis, but through it all Thompson maintained excellent rapport with...
WHAT'S GOIN' ON (Tamla). A melodically deft song cycle by soul crooner Marvin Gaye that praises God, blesses peace and swings till kingdom come...
Part of Jahn's rise to eminence as Europe's biggest chain restaurateur is the result of using American methods of mass purchasing and strict cost controls. Another ingredient is a deft instinct for customers' inner needs. His restaurants are gemütlich, the food is solid, and the prices are 10% to 20% lower than almost anywhere else-precisely what he would want for himself, despite his success. A chief deputy, Rolf Schielein, says of Jahn: "Basically, he has retained his waiter's mind...
Other situations are handled in equally deft fashion. The child tries out for the ball team. "Only two boys didn't make it," he says. "I was one of them. I felt like nothing." According to father, "if I practiced I would get better, but even so, not everyone can make the team. You don't have to be the best to feel like something." Similarly, the youngster overhears his mother and father fighting. But his sister assures him that "our parents still love us, even if they can't get along sometimes." When he defends...
...pollution, heroin and the miseries of ghetto life. It also praises God and Jesus, blesses peace, love, children and the poor. Musically it is a far cry from the gospel or blues styles a black singer-composer might normally apply to such subjects. Instead Gaye weaves a vast, melodically deft symphonic pop suite in which Latin beats, soft soul and white pop, and occasionally scat and Hollywood schmalz, yield effortlessly to each other. The overall style of the album is so lush and becalming that the words-which in themselves are often merely simplistic-come at the listener like dots...