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...writing is crisp, the research impressive, and the anecdotes rich. Alexander Haig, a Kissinger aide who had experienced the effects of Moutai on a China reconnaissance trip, cabled Washington: "Under no repeat no circumstances should the President actually drink from his glass in response to banquet toasts." Walter Cronkite, one of the most senior among the two planeloads of journalists accompanying the President, wore electric socks to keep his feet warm at the Great Wall, but they gave him a series of shocks...
...landscape, physically and culturally," and South African architects OMM Design Workshop and Urban Solutions have built an inspiring legacy. The foyer's slanted mosaic pillars and silver leaflike lights are a metaphor for the trees under which Africans traditionally resolve legal disputes. In the sunken courtroom, a ribbon of glass at street level ensures that justice is always visible to those it should protect...
...which required her to log on to the FAS server. “Personally, I hate computers...they have a lot of problems,” she said. “I don’t trust technology.” Adewuyi did try to see the glass half full, in the end, though. “The only good thing that came out of it was that the homework was extended,” she said. Despite the difficulties encountered yesterday, many students are still satisfied with Harvard’s FAS server system. “It works...
...from the lap-held purse of the same esteemed professor, who herself is just now remarking how much the first tuning exertions of an orchestra—seeking A—recall the agitation of a fly rising midsummer to the occasion of a pane of clear glass, but who has also not failed to notice that the bright star of her Monday seminar, the young man from Edinburgh—Alasdair?—is just a knight’s move away, one up two over, distractedly fanning something from his hair, alas putting just enough flounce into...
...better. Stephen Odili London The profiles in "60 years of heroes" proved that no matter where you are on the planet, you can positively change the course of the future. The odds stacked against you do not matter. Thanks for the inspiring stories. Deinde Falase Abuja, Nigeria Raise a Glass As someone who likes good food and wine, I was delighted to read about how a substance called resveratrol in red wine proved to have a terrific health benefit in tests with mice [Nov. 13]. Then I read, "You would need to drink more than 100 glasses of red wine...