Word: diagramer
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...seen in the Zapruder film to be waving before he was first struck in the back of the neck, the experts believe that his raised right arm bunched up the top of the jacket; unfolded, the jacket thus shows a hole lower than the one in his back (see diagram page...
From there on out, the propaganda intensified, as the card-carrying faithful created an oversize portrait of Chairman Mao, a blockbuster mural of Chinese industrial development and pictorial tributes to China's performing arts, medical services (including a flash-card diagram showing acupuncture of an ear) and table tennis, the nation's No. 1 sport. After the mass-performance art, the games could have seemed anticlimactic. But since China is making a concerted bid to participate in next summer's Olympics in Montreal, the National Games became unofficial Olympic trials. At least three world marks for pistol...
...mostly with reporters from as far away as Tokyo and London; there are a few students, and one white-bearded eccentric called Prophet Dan, who claims he could cure the stricken girl. Dominating the courtroom, just behind the witness stand, is a huge (3 ft. by 5 ft.) diagram of the human brain, with all the parts clearly labeled-cerebellum, brain stem, pons, medulla...
...strong blue with a touch of red−to inspire fear−is good) and with chairs low and ashtrays just out of reach to discombobulate visitors. Where the visitor sits in an office is crucial. If the host seats him directly across his desk at A (see top diagram), it means the host is ready to make a deal. The visitor should then move his chair to B, encroaching on the host's space. If the host is trying to evade a deal or placate a visitor, he will suggest that both sit on the sofa. Then...
...business parties, he says, the most powerful people will station themselves in the corners of the room, attracting a circle of nonpowerful listeners. "Once this has been accomplished, they move naturally toward each other and close ranks, the powerful separating themselves instinctively from the non-powerful" (see bottom diagram). Advises Korda: this is the moment for the underlings to break away. "It is a sign that the period of familiarity is over...