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...each meeting, in his lawyer-like fashion, Vance unfurled a detailed brief urging Europe to support the U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics and its embargo of grain and high technology sales to the Soviet Union. Vance also called for a beefing-up of NATO and increased European military aid to Pakistan and Turkey. Above all, he preached unity, warning that the Kremlin must not be allowed to drive a wedge between the allies...
...protect Carter's image, the authors inevitably slip into the bottom line on the president. They label the chapter on his childhood "Just an ordinary little boy," and scattered throughout the remainder of the book are reminders of Carter's aggressive normalcy. "Carter fits in the American grain of thousands of upwardly mobile men and women in business and sales." Or, as Diamond concludes, "Jimmy Carter is like thousands of other middle-aged men of middling stature in authority in our society. He is the man next door--if you live in the nicest neighborhood in a nice small town...
...Iowa, Anderson stood alone among GOP candidates in supporting the grain embargo of the Soviet Union. In New Hampshire he is a maverick supporting gun control. Some may quibble about Anderson's metamorphosis from "conservative" to "liberal"; but he does not differ from other campaigners for difference's sake. His willingness to state publicly his regret that he voted in favor of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution at a time of swelling militarist sentiment provides evidence that Anderson could resist the often overwhelming temptation to military intervention. Furthermore, his many years of congressional experience offer another vital prerequisite...
...Soviets. France, they point out, voted for the United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning the Afghanistan invasion. True, France has not followed the U.S. lead in imposing economic sanctions-though it pledged, along with other Community members, not to take advantage of opportunities created by the American grain embargo-nor has it backed the boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics. The French explain that this is not because they disagree with the Carter Administration's actions but rather because European nations should use tactics better suited to them. "The West's diversity is its strength," says one Paris...
Eager for his own reward, Jack would then look back at the illuminated symbol key in Jill's cubicle, recognize the R, and depress a red key in his cage. If he deciphered the symbol correctly, he too would get some grain. The birds repeated the cycle again and again with 90% accuracy -sometimes for several hours...