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...must eat, drink and reproduce. His early life is filled with the imposition of rituals: toilet training, religious instruction, social communication and compromise. By the time he is an adult, he knows most of the games people play: how to dress and cook, shake hands, argue with a colleague, plead with a lover, break things, break up, make up, attack, escape or withdraw. In each "free" action, he is replaying the history of the race as stage-managed by an eons-old brain that wants simply to survive and conquer...
Williams, who will plead not guilty ("I did nothing wrong"), is the only Senator who has been charged in Abscam. Two Congressmen have been tried and found guilty. Four others are awaiting trial. Unlike the convicted Congressmen, Democrats Michael Myers of Pennsylvania and John Jenrette Jr. of South Carolina, Williams is not accused of accepting cash. The mining company shares were of little value at the time, but the Government contends that Williams promised to help the titanium company get defense contracts, which would have made the shares valuable...
Barnett, who was said to be living with his family in Bethesda, Md., was expected to plead guilty this week. Though he faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, he may receive a lighter penalty for confessing. It is the first public case of a CIA official giving secrets...
...convention's end, Carter seemed to be fretting nervously over the degree of support he would get from Kennedy. In his acceptance speech, he appeared almost to plead for his rival's backing. Kennedy responded with what seemed a notable lack of charity. Though he refrained from criticizing the President, his formal endorsement was brief ("I will support and work for the re-election of President Carter"), his ritual appearance with Carter on the rostrum after the acceptance speech Thursday night was perfunctory ?even strained?and his expression on that traditionally happy occasion was reserved and aloof...
...aides to try again to get Ford to run. He was astonished at Reagan's enthusiasm for what was becoming known as the "Ford option," in contrast to the "standard option" (the much publicized short list of contenders, headed by Bush). Brock decided then that he too would plead with Ford. Around midnight, Brock called Convention Chairman John Rhodes on the podium and invited him to a breakfast next morning in Brock's 70th-floor Plaza suite to discuss the "dream ticket...