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...going to invoke Puccini in "Ping Pong and Reality" [April 26], you might point out that between Ping and Pong, the maestro had another character, Pang. The three were always together, I don't think you can present Ping and Pong without a Pang. And we'd better all watch out for the Pangs...
...What a Sneaky Pete type of diplomacy the Chinese have resorted to in the Ping Pong incident [April 26]. What an insulting way to go about re-establishing relations with this country. This should really tell us something of the contempt in which we are held by our enemizs. The amount of space and profundity devoted to this insult shows how willing we are to absorb...
...Your story "The Ping Heard Round the World" gives me hope that perhaps this world may make it. It is ironic that a Ping Pong team could do what no diplomat could. In the smugness of our homes we tend to forget that there are others on this planet. Not to recognize 700 million human beings is sheer stupidity...
...devotee of table tennis, I am sure that your coverage of the U.S.T.T.A. team in China was great for the game, but to be called a Ping Pong player is a standard insult to a serious competitor in the U.S. Why don't you say that Lew Alcindor plays "dribble drabble," and Johnny Unitas "punt punt...
...French government figures. A devout Moslem who prays so often and so intensely that he has developed a mark on his forehead where it touches the prayer mat, Sadat was later made secretary-general of the Islamic Congress, an organization of Islamic nations. Because he was an avid Ping Pong player, he was named chairman of the African Union for Table Tennis...