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...Line. Djakarta proved a happier setting for negotiations. In private meetings last week, Philippine Foreign Minister Narciso Ramos and Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak agreed to a "cooling off period," to last indefinitely, or at least, the Malaysians hoped, until after the Philippine national elections next year. Ramos made it clear that the agreement could prove a personal albatross: "It hangs around my neck. I expect to be criticized when I get back. In fact, I may be roasted alive." The Philippine government could repudiate Ramos' commitment at Djakarta, but only at the price...
Loosening Loyalties. The phenomenon of the unhappy voter can be exaggerated. The genuinely disenchanted and disaffected are probably a minority, and a fragmented one at that. Vast numbers of Americans, by contrast, see more merit in pleas for law and order than in cries for change. They would be happier with a candidate who symbolizes stability and the known than one who stands for radical change and the unknown. But it is a minority, and particularly a progressive, vocal minority, that often sets the tone of the times. The articulate Americans who are seeking new paths and new personalities have...
...escaped into the night with $13,200 worth of brooches, rings and necklaces. It took her half an hour to free herself and phone the police. Luckily, the thieves failed to find their apparent object: Mia's nine-carat, $84,000 diamond engagement ring, presented to her in happier days by Frank Sinatra, was in Los Angeles at the time...
...could be happier about that than the gay boys themselves. "I think it's wonderful," says Ed Trust, president of the Mattachine Society. "These movies will show people that we are, first of all, people; second, homosexuals." That, however, may be a bit premature. While Hollywood bravely hurls words like "fag" across the screen, most of the homosexuals shown so far are sadists, psychopaths or buffoons. If the actors are mincing more than the dialogue these days, that may only be because Hollywood has run out of conventional bad guys...
...Income. The author believes that 90% of investors are, whether they know it or not, more interested in fantasy and ego massage than in making money. Some are even happier when they lose. He backs up these provocative assertions with references from the works of authorities on human behavior. One is the psychoanalytical historian Norman O. Brown (Life Against Death), who argues that making money with money simply for money's sake is an infantile and perverse attempt to achieve immortality. But, Smith/Goodman says, Brown fails to account for the fun that can be had in mating dollars with...