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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...addition to his widely reported experience in foreign affairs, including official service in three administrations, Vance offered a proven diplomatic skill and a low-key professional style. The most frequent adjectives appearing in newspaper descriptions of Vance are "realistic", "cautious", "self-effacing", "a good manager", a "brilliant technocrat", "incredibly loyal". He has earned credentials for negotiating time and again, in Korea, Panama and Cyprus...
...properly understand downhill skiing, the outsider must begin with the knowledge that all skiers have a bit of the masochist in them. There are a ton of good reasons to fear or dislike the sport--injuries are all too frequent, slopes are bound to be crowded, conditions are bound to be terrible, and above all, it's usually cold out there. So why does anyone in his or her right mind ski? It is hard to convince the non-masochists...
Sleepy Resignation. Handicapped by frequent foul weather over many of its domestic routes, Aeroflot provides needed transportation in a vast country where 70% of the roads are impassable during the spring thaw. Fares are cheap: only $18.23 to fly the 400 or so miles from Moscow to Leningrad (comparable fare in the U.S.: New York-Cleveland, $56). Travelers, however, are all too familiar with the price for Aeroflot's convenience: overbooking and canceled flights. Airports often resemble dormitories as hundreds of people slump in sleepy resignation, sometimes for days, without adequate dining facilities...
...often, in trying to make Malory understandable, Steinbeck explains away all the magic, substituting psychology for enchantment, and sociology for mystery. The frequent analysis of motivation, such as "When he (Lancelot) was confronted with treachery, Lancelot grew frightened, and only then could be cruel," are glib and gratuitous...
...audience responded to the speakers with frequent laughter and occasional applause...