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...once expansive flock, is accosted by a tourist from the U.S. The American wants to buy the stone horse on whose pedestal the Indian sits. The Indian wants to sell his goats. One speaks only English, the other, except for the phrase "Yes, no," only Tamil. After much "mutual mystification," a deal is struck. The shepherd returns to tell his stunned wife that he has made 100 rupees off the goats, even as they appear behind him, bleating at the door...
...situation called for soothing apologies and mutual assurances, anything to quell the bad feelings stirred by the hijacking a few weeks earlier of the Achille Lauro. Washington extended a hand to Italy, Egypt and Tunisia--and each, in turn, responded with varying degrees of warmth. In Italy, where a rancorous debate over Prime Minister Bettino Craxi's handling of the incident toppled the government two weeks ago, Craxi took steps to resurrect his five-party coalition. In Egypt, where students had taken to the streets, burning American flags and chanting provocative anti-U.S. slogans, calm was restored. But even...
...radio dial is increasingly filling up with daily, weekly or monthly "longform" programming, from music/variety series like NBC's Live from the Hard Rock Café (with Host Paul Shaffer of TV's Late Night with David Letterman) to national talk/call-in shows, many inspired by the phenomenal success of Mutual Radio's seven-year-old Larry King Show...
...possible, awaits a decision by Reagan to agree to some limits on his Star Wars defensive shield, or by Gorbachev to shoot for a deal without any such limits. On regional issues (such as Afghanistan and Central America) and human rights, the discussions amount largely to mutual accusations of meddling, subversion, repression...
...wants to prevent local clashes from turning into superpower confrontations. Reagan will say the U.S.S.R. should stop supporting Communist insurgency in El Salvador and break its military ties with Nicaragua. The U.S. will also criticize Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, Africa and Kampuchea and will suggest the signing of a mutual statement condemning terrorism...