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...taking off, but missile-firing submarines are continuously deployed in undersea locations from which they could launch nuclear warheads at the Soviet Union. In a crisis they would stay put awaiting instructions on whether to fire their missiles; their commanders certainly would not be told to head back to port...
...anybody pull us into brawls in which we will lose," said Walesa, contacted by telephone at his apartment in the northern port of Gdansk. "We simply cannot let anybody manipulate us into any situation...
...principal dancers, Mouis and Donn Edwards, excel. Edwards, technically correct and understated in his dancing, unfortunately is overpowered by his partner. Mouis, with a lovely natural line, displays accuracy combined with a sensuous, playful air. While the others dance on the beat, Mouis, presenting an expressive carriage and port de bras, interprets the music and dances with it. The only dancer sure enough in her performance, Mouis surpasses mere execution...
...every feature of post-1997 Hong Kong from its life style to its bank notes. The Special Administrative Region, it declared, will be ruled by Peking only in matters of defense and foreign affairs. The thriving city-state will have its own executive, legislative and judicial powers. Its free port and international banking system will remain intact, as will the market for foreign exchange and gold that has turned Hong Kong into the world's third-largest financial center. Above all, the new "Hong Kong, China" will preserve all its rights and freedoms, including those of speech, press, movement...
...London, not long after coming down from Oxford. Using BBC typewriter and paper, the young Naipaul wrote: "Every morning when he got up Hat would sit on the banister of his back verandah and shout across, 'What happening there, Bogart?' " This small scene came from Trinidad and Port of Spain and the crowded, colorful street where Naipaul spent part of his childhood. In later years, with an established and growing reputation, Naipaul returned several times to Trinidad and environs. He looked up Bogart, the man who had inspired his first successful fiction, but his travels home chiefly brought...