Word: knowing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...must make to one another come down to something that simple?if we have a little luck. "Each of us is so finely tuned that to have two people meet and then intermesh is a matter of luck. I've had friends who when they marry say, 'I know we're going to have to work at it.' I always think they're wrong. The things that are really pleasurable in life, whether it's playing Softball or working on your stamp collection, really require no effort...
Allen places no more of a premium on intellectual prowess or talent than he does on money or status. "I know so many people who are well educated and supereducated," he explains. "Their common problem is that they have no understanding and no wisdom; without that, their education can only take them so far. On the other hand, someone like Diane Keaton, who had not a trace of intellectualism when I first met her, can always cut right to the heart of the matter. As for talent, it is completely a matter of luck. People put too much...
...easily identifiable and ever increasing part of their budgets, even though the rent component of the Consumer Price Index since 1967 increased only 71%, while the CPI as a whole went up 107%. Says George Sternlieb, director of the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University: "Such people know the evils of rent controls. But in view of their immediate concerns, many have adopted an attitude of 'I'll worry about posterity tomorrow...
...world is familiar with Sirica's reading of that letter in open court. What it does not know is that below the dead-pan was an emotion that approached glee. "This is it," Sirica allowed himself to think in prosecutorial tones. "This is what I've been hoping for." As it turned out, members of the Administration were not the only ones on trial. Sirica's unbridled temper and his less than brilliant reputation were large targets for the defense attorneys. But the old pugilist had not forgotten how to feint and duck. He remained imperturbable, retired to a neutral...
...Central America. In Iran, on the other hand, it was embarrassingly inept. Says Birch Bayh, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: "Technologically, it's unbelievable what we have the capacity to do. Our weakness is what we do with the information when we get it. We know the number of tanks belonging to the Warsaw Pact powers, but we want to know where they will...