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...destruction when he became aware of the Communists' plan to destroy the free world through a program of strict water fluoridation. Hayden is brilliantly earnest, champing on a cigar, hand on Mandrake's knee, arm cozily around his shoulders, explaining how he thwarts the commies by drinking "only pure grain alcohol and rainwater," to maintain his purity of essence. "Women," he confides to the bewildered captain, "sense my power and seek my live essence. I don't avoid women, but I do deny them my essence...
...clarion call for unilateral withdrawal from "the territories" went against the grain of the unbridled popular euphoria in the wake of Israel's stunning military victory. It was only some decade-and-a-half later, following Israel's Vietnam-like experience in Lebanon, that his writings and speeches began to win attentive audiences across Israel...
...coming closer last week to approving the new global trade treaty -- one of the most far-reaching acts of economic legislation in U.S. history -- had the chief economist for one of the nation's biggest food exporters talking the language of Manifest Destiny. "We're going to grow more grain. We're going to grow more beef. We're going to be slaughtering more hogs. We're going to grow more poultry. We're gonna get that European market!" said Dick Gady of ConAgra...
...Americans might not yet appreciate the benefits of the agreement, the latest delay dismayed industry executives whose companies stand to gain most immediately from its adoption. "This is the opportunity of the century," sighed Dwayne Andreas, the chairman of Archer Daniels Midland, the vast Illinois-based food-products and grain company. "This is the biggest step toward free trade that has ever been taken in the history of the world." Said Maurice ("Hank") Greenberg, chairman of American International Group, the giant insurance company: "If the United States Congress fails to ratify the Uruguay Round, it will set back any hope...
Yale was somewhat more reticent, as Director of Public Affairs Gary Fryer said the academic community takes the survey "with a grain of salt, and a rather large grain at that." Humble pie apparently must be seasoned to individual institutional tastes...