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...follow his heart and escape from his former life with Ruth unscathed. His litany to her is cowardly and irresponsible--don't hate me, he whines, be happy for me, don't make it difficult for me. His egocentricity gnaws at us, the egocentricity of a man attempting to retain his innocence while all those around him are losing theirs...
...denominator for such a sweeping change, voted not only to continue their underwear taboo but also to deny a request-by the Hanes Corp. to test some uninhibited ads for its Bali bras. Not content with just barring the living bra from U.S. TV, the board also decided to retain its "anti-quaffing" dictum and to consider banning beer and wine testimonials by celebrities admired by youngsters to boot...
...today by a Smith or a Vorster is irrevocable. Obviously, the Rhodesian white minority had no right to think that it could rule indefinitely. Yet, as the whites well knew, there are precious few black-ruled states in Africa where the whites who stayed behind have been able to retain their full rights of citizenship...
...Africa, one senior U.S. official first learned of the Secretary's trip from a local journalist. The resident ambassadors were rarely present at the key meetings with white and black leaders. Kissinger is said to fear that area specialists may be too deeply involved in local problems to retain a global perspective-and besides, he prefers to deal with his handful of close associates. As one of them says: "It's one of the reasons he is happiest when he is operating from the plane...
...guerrilla provisions take advantage of the major black weakness in this situation: intense disunity among the various factions of the liberation movement. Smith may be hoping that these divisions will make it impossible for the blacks to present a united front in constitutional negotiations, and thus allow him to retain effective power after transition to nominal majority rule against a fragmented opposition...