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...tall, affable Democrat, Egeberg has been an Administration outsider from the start. In appearances before congressional committees, he has often damned Nixon health programs with less than faint praise. Six months ago, he publicly questioned whether the White House knew what was going on in the health field...
...recall, he didn't even put my motion to a vote. He pressed a secret button which gave the signal to the generals who were waiting in the next room. Zhukov was the first to appear. Then Moskalenko and the others came in. Malenkov said in a faint voice to Comrade Zhukov, 'As Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R., I request that you take Beria into custody.' 'Hands up!' Zhukov commanded Beria." The police boss seemed to be reaching for his briefcase, says Khrushchev. "I seized his arm to prevent him from...
...Santa Paula moves down the Hudson toward the sea, my first faint yearnings for a cigarette coalesce into raving desire. A quick drink only magnifies the pangs. The dinner gong bongs and I meet my tablemates: we loathe each other on sight. One sucks on dummy cigarettes. Another is clearly going to have no trouble quitting: he is too loaded to light a cigarette. Says Hy, a Newark businessman: "We are all compulsive suicides...
...menu is also twice as extensive. A silver-haired, grandmotherly woman will smile and bring you coffee while your waitress waddles over in her Elizabethan pantaloons. A glance down the menu reveals nothing exotic-just square Middle American fare. The only ethnic flavor maybe is a pale, faint hint of Pennsylvania Dutch that is suggested by the filling hot sandwiches and gravybread. The hot roast beef sandwich comes with a good bowl of French onion soup, the sopped bread floating on the top. Even if it does not quite match the Maitre Jacques version (it needs melted cheese), the soup...
...manager's dream. Not only is she conditioned by custom and culture to accept second place to the company in her husband's eyes, but she also dutifully fills her home with all those electrical gadgets that are so important to Japan's economy. Now the faint stirring of Japanese-style Women's Lib and consumerism threatens to change her buying habits...