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...some 20,000 boats of every conceivable shape and size. Their wild variety mirrored the diversity of the immigrants who passed through Ellis Island: Dutch flat- bottomed boats, Chinese junks, plush French yachts, Norwegian barkentines. Draped over one small vessel was a hand-lettered banner: OK U.K. 1776 IS FORGIVEN. COME HOME COLONIALS. TEA AND CRUMPETS AWAIT...
...Socialist, are expected to place their support behind Steyrer, while those in the camp of Otto Scrinzi, a former SS officer, seem more likely to vote conservative. Ultimately, however, the issue may come down to a contest between those who believe that Waldheim's secret past will be universally forgiven and those...
...spring, however, is not without hope. The most promising seedling on the midseason schedule is NBC's All Is Forgiven, created by Glen and Les Charles and James Burrows, the team responsible for Cheers. Last week's initial segment, though jam-packed with jokes and characters, sweated less than most sitcom pilots. Bess Armstrong stars as Paula, a career woman who gets married and stumbles into a job as producer of a TV soap opera on the same day. The series will apparently shuttle between conflicts at home (her husband Matt has a punkish daughter who resents...
Along with his boss Andrei Gromyko, Dobrynin looked Kennedy in the eye and denied there were missiles in Cuba. Did he lie? Probably. But he was forgiven because his untruth was within the bounds of diplomatic duplicity. He negotiated enthusiastically for an arms summit with Lyndon Johnson. The night before announcement of the summit, Dobrynin rushed to tell the President that Soviet troops were moving into Czechoslovakia. End of summit. Another deception? Of course, but again he charmed his way back to credibility...
...when Cornish's nephew calls upon them in jest, they appear (not to the nephew of course, only to the reader) to tell the tale. Why does Davies do this? Well, it's kind of clever and amusing at first. And the use of these two characters could be forgiven if they weren't used in such an amateurish way. Throughout the novel they interrupt every once in a while to explain the most recent occurrence in the life of Francis Cornish. "If you wish to talk of Chance', said the Daimon Maimas. 'But you and I know how deceptive...