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...among his people. The designers had an inkling of something being out of proportion and put an exit door in the plane's belly so a President would not look like the Angel Gabriel descending from the clouds as he negotiated 26 ft. of stairs. But that will hardly mask the bird's mass...
...their civilian bosses to judge the enemy by his capabilities, not by his stated intentions. He can deceive about his intentions, or his intentions can change from one year to the next. Capabilities, by contrast, are more constant; they can be gauged objectively; they are harder to change and mask, and once they have truly changed, they are harder to reverse...
...intently. Arredondo is a family-planning specialist by training, a graphologist by avocation. Without taking her eyes off Wattleton's handwriting, she began to speak. You're idealistic and self-controlled, she told Wattleton. You're a bit possessive. You can keep a secret. Wattleton's face was a mask. You dwell a great deal on the past, Arredondo continued. You are easily wounded, but you hide it well. When Arredondo finished, Wattleton was silent. Well, how much of it was true? Wattleton paused, and then said, very softly, "All of it." Then she smiled. "Does...
Today, of course, healthful skies mask the hole in the ozone layer. But in a suddenly peaceful world where the doors of the Iron Curtain have rusted open, no one should ridicule the simple giving of thanks. Each of us has private reasons for gratitude, since in so many ways 1989 has been a bountiful year. For me, I am sincere in my appreciation for the way the greenhouse effect has allowed Indian summer to stretch on into the college basketball season. Moreover, I consider it a personal blessing that Jackie Mason was canceled, Donald Trump failed in his efforts...
...politics it can sometimes ripen and harden into a tough kernel of ambition, as the unimaginable slowly becomes transformed into the attainable. Such a gradual course requires patience, guile and discipline, rather than flamboyant words and heroic poses. But the subtlety of these stratagems should never mask the majesty of the dream or the boldness of the dreamer...