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...world's having changed into a place with several centers of power, the dominant relationship still is that between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Thus it was to Washington that other nations were looking for leadership. The Administration was clearly angry. Even Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, whose penchant for using delicate diplomatic language is legendary, sounded stern. Said he: "The Soviet Union clearly crossed a threshold in its action." He warned that "they are going to have to pay a cost as long as their troops stay in Afghanistan. In addition, they are going to have to realize...
Bunker Hunt, as friends call him, is one of ten children of Texas Oil Billionaire H.L. Hunt. Bunker inherited millions and a penchant for controversy from his father, who before his death in 1974 promoted far-right political causes and crawling as an exercise. The family could be a model for the Swings on TV's Dallas. Bunker leads the six children from his father's first marriage in business deals and feuds with the four children of the patriarch's second family...
...interesting, but without a doubt, the most intriguing quote in the entire discourse was one from a Harvard professor: "The object is to look as if you were going to Middle Tennessee College." The remark was in reference to the attire of the Harvard student population, most notably the penchant for down-filled jackets and windbreakers...
...outdoes herself as Amanda. She sings her lines in a sliding Southern melody of speech, seducing with blue eyes and a wary but blooming smile. With a few early words, she captures at once Amanda's aging person but equally as well evinces her bubbling, sometimes annoying childlike penchant for story-telling...
...words of John Z. (for Zachary) DeLorean, a 17-year GM veteran who abruptly quit a $650,000-a-year job as group executive for cars and trucks in 1973. DeLorean, now 54, had a good shot at the GM presidency. But apparently his fast life, long hair and penchant for marrying young women (thrice) and divorcing them (twice) did not fit the GM mold...