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Donald Geddes, a former editor at Pocket Books, made the sales pitch of his life in 1943. Badgering a reluctant pediatrician who felt that he lacked the knowledge to attempt a book on babies, Geddes tried a bit of psychological % judo. At 25 cents a copy, he declared, a baby book was bound to sell briskly no matter what it said. So, he concluded, "the book we want doesn't have to be very good...
...agents. While the CIA was recruiting some 50 such Afghans in Europe, it was also, with help from the FBI, gathering a similar group in the U.S. Though most of the recruits were students, one was a Manhattan taxi driver, another a millworker from Ohio, a third a judo instructor from the Southwest...
...least glamorous sports, where many of the most dedicated athletes are found, the Communist bloc teams are an almost necessary standard. "The Russians have to be there," said the U.S. freestyle wrestling coach, Dan Gable. "If not, my wife can do the coaching." "This is the best judo team America ever had," said Eddie Liddie, a 126-pounder. "We've been working four long years, and we're ready to surprise some people, ready to win some medals. Now, when we do good, people will say that the Russians didn't come, the East Germans didn...
...recent tour, the judo team encountered the Soviets and a premonition. "Once you're together alone," Liddie said, "politics is out the door, and you trade pins and talk. We'd say, 'Are you going to L.A.?' and they'd say, 'Well, we're not sure.' Then one of the Cubans told one of our guys who spoke Spanish that Russia might have something [alternate games] in Bulgaria...
...beginning an eight-week-long, 40-film retrospective of his work. He surprised his New York audience by appearing at the gala opening in the costume yabusame, a centuries-old ceremonial riding and archery exercise that he has practiced for 40 years. The actor, who is also adept at judo and kendo, seems to have aquired some of the humility of a Buddhist monk as well. Says he: "I'm not always in great pictures, but I'm always true to the Japanese spirit...