Word: icebergs
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...Iceberg. That is not quite right: Lyndon Johnson is still very much the chief and makes all the final decisions. But to a remarkable degree, he has come to rely on the Big Three to help focus his thinking not only on Viet Nam but also on a wide range of problems involving both military and diplomatic considerations...
...anyone think he had succumbed to uncharacteristic modesty, he added: "What has been overlooked is the tremendous job I did from July 1962 through December 1963. I saved the business. Somebody asked me, was I prepared for the revolt? Was the captain of the Titanic prepared for hitting the iceberg? I am gratified to have been able to make a contribution to Curtis during some of its most difficult hours. It is in the best interests of all that Curtis now be given the time without harassment to continue to improve its magazines and market them more effectively to advertisers...
...even this may not be enough, warns Columbia Law Professor Conrad G. Paulsen, who is now completing the first national study of battered-child laws. "Mandatory reporting is only the tip of the iceberg. The problem is whether social agencies have the manpower to implement the reports. And the country's social agencies are now stretched to the limit...
...lieve that the author must be a spy himself. Cornwell did spend three years in the Foreign Office. "But not espionage -I've never done it." He learned his spymastery from published reports: "I was astonished at how much had been said. Intelligence seems to be an iceberg of which 80% is above water...
...Mayflower landed in Plymouth in 1620. In 1914 another boat set out from England to America, this time facing no certain peril but promising pleasure, and it carried some Harvard graduates. When the Titanic hit an iceberg the news was quickly relayed home and filtered through the kitchens of the wealthy to the lower-class quarters in almost every American city. The news was large and radiant with symbolism, and it inspired a ballad...