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...talk often turns at those casual affairs to matters of academic prowess and the key to the successful college interview. "I hear coming here is just as good as being on student council," a particular fellow actually said one night, and they didn't let him forget it until August...
...technological prowess of IBM, Western Electric and the scrappy, innovative chipmakers of Silicon Valley makes it almost certain that the U.S. will be able to hold its own in the semiconductor contest. The possible applications of chips are limitless, and the potential market is so vast that there will be room for vigorous semiconductor industries in both the U.S. and Japan. The Japanese challenge will help spur American chipmakers to even greater technological achievement. -By Charles Alexander. Reported by Dick Thompson/San Francisco and Frederick Ungeheuer/New York
Franklin's criticism of the eagle was really directed not against the American bald eagle but at its traditional European counterparts, which are symbols of military prowess, aristocracy and feudalism. His praise on behalf of the turkey and opposition to the eagle were an affirmation of the rise of domestic, democratic, middle-class values and burlesqued traditional European ones...
Habib is a dedicated gourmand and a formidable poker player whose prowess at the card table is attributed by friends to his "uncanny knowledge of the people he plays with." One area in which Habib never gambles is his health. A survivor of bypass surgery and four heart attacks, he travels with a complete set of medical records, as well as medication and instructions on how it is to be administered. Although he has been unwilling to take on any full-time negotiating post because he thought the job would strain his physical abilities, Habib now finds himself involved...
...complete British victory was at hand. But the consequence of that for Thatcher was likely to be an even more demanding challenge. As London's respected Economist noted, Thatcher's allies, including the U.S., "will be looking for certain civil greatness from Britain to match its military prowess." That must eventually mean a willingness to discuss with anyone what British soldiers are now dying to defend: guaranteed security for the Falklands, a measure of self-determination for an isolated and declining Falklands population and the use of peaceful negotiation to settle international disputes. The ultimate test of British...