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...dissuade her: the last thing anyone wants is a row at the Commonwealth prime ministers' conference in July, which the Queen is scheduled to attend. The new Tory Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington, has been notably cautious on the subject of Rhodesian recognition in recent statements. Even the slightest hint of British softening, however, could put Carter in a terrible position by encouraging recognition moves in Congress and threatening to leave his African policy in ruins...
...become a star and his network basked in the reflected glow. As it happened, one of Murrow's college speech teachers had written him and suggested the slight pause in the introduction that he made famous: "This . . . is London." No one at the time seemed troubled by this hint of theatricality; years would pass before politicians began frisking TV anchormen for hints of raised eyebrows or smirks...
...conditions were indeed ideal--a few inoffensive waves disturbed the tranquil Charles, and just a hint of a tail wind aided the oarsmen...
Columbia may have been thankful for that one stroke of luck. They would, however, have needed many more double faults to give the Crimson even a hint of trouble...
Then, at 13 miles we hit the Wellesley hill--and the Wellesley girls. One male friend described it like this: "For the first time I knew what a woman must feel like when she walks past a construction site." A hint for the guys: beware of bottom pinchers...