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...year-old Khrushchev as he led Salinger on a five-mile tour of the estate, meanwhile identifying, with an amateur horticulturist's pride, nearly every bush and tree along the way. "I never met a journalist who knew anything about agriculture," said Khrushchev. He showed Salinger a pond full of carp. "I guess they don't know the Chairman of the Party is here," grumbled the Party Chairman when no fish broke the surface. But at that one fat carp came...
...housefly flaps his wings, a breeze goes round the world; when a speck of dust falls to the ground, the entire planet weighs a little more; and when you stamp your foot, the earth moves slightly off its course. Whenever you laugh, gladness spreads like the ripples in a pond; and whenever you're and, no one anywhere can be really happy. And it's much the same with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer...
...bookishness of the company" and fits in with his dream of "changing publishing into a modern corporate enterprise to bring education to the masses." If his dream is realized, predicts Erpf, "we'll have a renaissance here that will make the Italian Renaissance look like a pond next to the ocean-and Crowell-Collier could become more interesting to investors than U.S. Steel...
...vehicles that were little better than museum pieces, the Portuguese defenders had surrendered quietly, and by last week they were packed off to prisoner-of-war camps, from where they will be repatriated to Portugal. The Indians treated their 2,000-odd prisoners well. At the P.W. barracks at Pondá, the prisoners ran their own camp, cooked their own meals, were only lightly guarded. On Christmas Day, while Bing Crosby records of Adeste Fideles echoed across public squares, they were each given a three-course meal, ten cigarettes, and a tot of wine...
...Soviet Union, romance took the form of girl-loves-tractor. In Communist China, it is girl-loves-bucket. Gushed a Red propagandist: "The girl carries away the soil as the boy dredges the pond. Sweat drips from their bodies. The girl does not complain of fatigue, although she has carried a thousand loads; nor does the boy feel the chill in the mud. It is not convenient to talk to each other, but they understand each other at heart. Both are heroic fellows. They work until the stars disappear and the sun rises...