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...story of dramatic changes in Czechoslovakia [April 5] is fascinating. The ice of 20 years of totalitarian dictatorship has started to melt. It's remarkable that a nation that was betrayed by the West is able to accomplish the liberalization, with re-establishment of some of the basic freedoms, without outside help or interference. The question arises: Is it worth it or justified to fight Communism with precious American blood in the jungles of Southeast Asia when the same system seems gradually disintegrating from the inside in Central Europe...
...most successful businessman in this decade in the U.S.," he once observed. "The only ism for me is narcissism. If I cared about my image, I'd never do the gutty things I do, or say the things I say. The day I turn mellow, I hope they melt...
Roaring through the council went a $14-million appropriation for new elementary schools. Dickering and petty debate over a matter of two thousand dollars for air conditioning seemed to melt away in the heat of burning cities...
...Your statement that Communist gunners are so expert that they can fire 25 rounds per minute from 82-mm. mortars [March 15] seems a bit farfetched. Exceeding eight or ten rounds per minute is inviting the weapon to melt and ornament your homemade sandals with white-hot metal. Also, your reference to the fine quality of the AK-47 is somewhat discolored. Not only does the AK-47 overheat rapidly, as you stated, it also jams twice as fast as any U.S. weapon, including the M16, because of the cheap stamp ing of the gas cylinder. You mention that...
...fine that it will curl tightly between two enemy stones and settle on the bull's-eye. He can also send his stone thundering into the target to scatter enemy stones like tenpins while leaving his own team's untouched. The idea of sweeping is to melt a thin layer of ice by friction, thus making it easier for the stone to slide, and strong-armed broom men can add as much as 12 ft. to a slide...