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...long as it takes two to make a deal, and four to make a peace treaty, Russia had it in its power to make Geneva a failure. But diplomacy is a continuous game, and there are other ways of scoring it than at the end of each inning. It took 400 seemingly fruitless meetings to end Rus sia's obduracy and achieve an independent Austria; a similar process of exploration, cross-questioning and testing of intentions would be needed if mutual agreement, in stead of the caprice of history, is to settle the future of Germany and of European...
...end of a senatorial look into his budget last week, Mattei was still cock of the walk, but minus a few tail feathers. Critics have often suggested a concealed ownership of the heavily subsidized Milan daily // Giorno (circ. 150,000), which has consistently backed Mattei's causes and opposed his detractors, followed a left-of-center line, and often been hostile to actions of Premier Antonio Segni's regime. The government consistently denied that taxpayers' money was backing // Giorno, Last week Mario Ferrari-Aggradi, head of the government ministry that controls state properties, stunned Senators by candidly...
...neat touch, Kharlamov once produced Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin to field questions, later used the old politician's trick of calling a surprise session at noon in order to hit the afternoon papers with a fresh story (the claim that Russia would insist to the end on full participation for Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia). With such attractions, Russian briefings regularly attracted bigger audiences than those of the West...
...biggest part of the world's press was not fooled by the Soviet sleight of hand, played the news from Geneva pretty much down the middle. And the Western foreign ministers were determined to catch up with the Russians in handling the press. By week's end, Britain's Lloyd, France's Couve de Murville, and Herter were becoming increasingly available to newsmen. Said one of the foreign ministers to a group of newsmen: "It is for you we are working here-you and public opinion...
...year ago, no pitcher would have bothered to dust off Harmon Clayton Killebrew, 22. But last week young Killebrew was 'the chief reason the sad-sack Senators were as high as fourth place in the American League. At week's end "Killer'' Killebrew led the league in home runs (14). runs scored (29), runs batted...