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...June air was torn by the peal of church bells, the buzz of helicopters, the crackle of loudspeaker commands, the waves of thundering applause, the melodious drone of old hymns, the murmur of Masses being said, dozens of them, beneath the burning sun of an early Polish summer...
...Gromyko also raised for the first time with Vance a number of unresolved issues that had previously been considered secondary and had been dealt with exclusively by the permanent delegations, most notably cruise missiles. The Russians wanted, among other things, a ban on multiple-warhead cruise missiles?an exotic drone that the Pentagon had no intention of deploying during the treaty period but wanted to be free to test...
...March, you see, most of the towns surrounding Boston celebrate the spring by holding town meetings, an annual custom as old as the first settlements in the area. And if you're a government student bored of hearing professors drone on about "pure democracy" that's a fact you should take note...
...Saturday morning the mood changed abruptly. Gromyko suddenly began disputing points that seemed minor and bringing up issues that Vance thought had been settled. Gromyko raised two key questions about the cruise missile, the highly accurate drone that the Pentagon is counting on to begin providing much of the nation's strategic strength in the 1980s. The Soviets insisted that cruise missiles outfitted with multiple warheads be formally banned until 1985, or for the duration of the SALT II treaty. Although this had come up in previous rounds of the arms talks, Vance thought that the matter had been...
Gilbert's Sir Joseph Porter is his great creation in Pinafore, the character everyone remembers. But the pompous First Lord of the Admiralty, tailed by his drone horde of matronly relatives, fussily insisting that officers and crew "refrain from language strong," should be a solid character nonetheless. He's the vehicle for Gilbert's satiric venom, and he should be just respectable enough for us to enjoy laughing at him. Jonathan A. Prince turns Porter into a lovable old Codger, who you'd help across the street or stage if you could stop cracking up for a moment. So much...