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...there is no evidence that the funnies are read in the Elysee Palace, though France's other national hero could hardly help noticing his pint-sized rival. Goscinny, a sergeant in the army reserve, has decided against sending a complimentary copy of Astérix to the general. "It would be a provocation," he said, "especially if I dedicated it to 'my dear fellow reservist...
...Commission may propose that a full-time clerk be made an official part of the board, perhaps to serve as chairman. This would be a half-pint of professionalism to counter the image of five old poker partners disposing of young lives between antes. Funds to re-decorate or re-locate boards could be allocated for the same reason...
...Irish truck driver's son who bubbled up through the Labor Party's ranks to the No. 2 spot like the suds on a pint of warm stout, Brown has been defying the staid frock-coat-and-homburg image of a diplomat ever since he arrived at Whitehall four months ago for his first day of work. While senior foreign officers ceremoniously gathered out front to greet the new man, Brown slipped in the back door and went to work. In what the Daily Mail has called "the hundred hair-raising days" since, Brown has gone about...
...gave her finest performance since arriving in South Viet Nam last month for her third visit to the troops. Heavy casualties had been airlifted into Soctrang from a withering battle several miles away, and Martha, who was at the base to do a show, immediately donated a pint of blood, then spent the next 18 hours making herself genuinely useful as a nurse. "She was terrific," said a sergeant, and last week General William Westmoreland, U.S. commander in Viet Nam, honored her with a rare Certificate of Achievement for patriotic civilian service for her "unselfish, humanitarian actions...
Three plays lost five yards. And with less than 30 seconds to play, Coach Henry Lamar called pint-sized halfback John Ballantine off the bench and put him in the quarterbacking slot. With fourth and 15, Ballantine amazed everyone by squirming around left end and slithering up the middle to the Jumbo...