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After our arrival in New York, during a session at the U.N., Spain's Foreign Minister Fernando Castiella took the floor to respond to an attack by Khrushchev on General Franco. Khrushchev blew up. He began to shout insults at the Spaniard, punctuating them by pounding his fists on the desk and then, having removed his shoe, banging it resoundingly on the desk too. Then he leaped from his chair and brandished his fists at the frail, undersized Castiella, who assumed a comical defensive pose. Security guards rushed up and separated them. We were stunned at Khrushchev's behavior...
...kind of busy subsidiary of the Franco-German terrorist axis, Belgium's Fighting Communist Cells has staged eight bomb attacks since last October, including the multiple blasts that damaged a NATO fuel pipeline in December. France can no longer expect to be spared the terrorism that afflicted West Germany and Italy a decade ago. In a show of bravado, Action Directe and the R.A.F. last month jointly announced a "political-military front in Western Europe." The declared enemy: NATO...
...dugout for the purest reason, put perfectly by John Updike, that "gods do not answer letters." In mortal and modern contrast, Guy Lafleur, a Montreal Canadien once of the highest rank, lingered several aimless shifts before exiting last month as sheepishly as former Pittsburgh Running Back Franco Harris, who was bluffing along a few extra downs in Seattle. Babe Ruth limped away in midstream too, so departures of this sort are hardly new. Still, there is an impression that boxing has been spreading around its patents in the allied areas of recovered faith and mistimed goodbyes. Perhaps...
...ball" down the stretch, the taker of the buzzer shot, Mr. Clutch. For eight or nine seasons, Cousy thought of himself that way. But over the final two or three, he tumbled to an almost opposite criterion for a professional. "I was very conscious of my skills eroding. Franco Harris can say what he likes, but the moment a back can't get to that hole, he realizes it. The minute there is even a subtle diminishment of legs, you're the first to know. I became aware of when I should stop wanting the ball...
...will start shooting around a week or two before, but not Cousy. Meanwhile, saying "I feel I still have another good year to give," Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 37, has changed his mind about quitting after this season, and for $2 million has agreed to play a 17th year. And Franco Harris, 34, will take on Jim Brown, 48, in the 40-yd. dash at an Atlantic City casino during Super Bowl week. Gods may not answer letters, but their agents do. -By Tom Callahan