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...memoirs, as his novels, Powell provides a mat finish, graying the colors on the premise that only by downplaying life can its shining horror be brought under control. And so the scene of purest Powell occurs when the author celebrates V-E day by reading the Cambridge History of English Literature...
...directors of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations and its counterparts in Britain, France and West Germany laid out an agenda for joint action. Increasingly, the report appears at a time when leftists are trumpeting a pacifist cause in Europe. Among the recommendations: European countries should contribute men and matériel to any U.S. force that might be sent to the Middle East to block a threatened Soviet move. The U.S., Britain, France. West Germany and Japan should set up a "watch" group to monitor developments in the Middle East and decide on joint responses...
...Crimson wrestler took the mat, his team was behind by 19-16. When the dust cleared two matches later, Harvard was on top, 22-19, due to Cooley's 15-7 win and Phills' 10-6 triumph...
...would show great wisdom on President Reagan's part if he kept the welcome mat out for Warren Christopher. The U.S. needs "quiet" types who can patiently handle the stress and frustration so often found in diplomacy...
Divisive behavior on the part of Labor's extreme left is nothing new. In the '30s and again in the '50s, the far left went to the mat with the leadership, first over Depression-era economic policies, then over nuclear disarmament and state ownership of industry. But the extreme left has never come so tantalizingly close to dominating the party. Nor has Labor's future ever rested so firmly in the hands of such an unlikely and, to many Britons, scary...