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...summit meeting. Given the evident desire of Mr. Gorbachev to give this whole thing additional impetus, it could be useful. But we of course said that it just wouldn't make any sense as long as we had the Daniloff case unresolved. To have a meeting in Reykjavik under those circumstances would be a waste of time. When we were clear of those problems, we announced...
...blue alike, the cargo planes thudded down on the asphalt and roared to a halt on Keflavik's 10,000-ft. runway, disgorging advance teams, communications specialists, security agents, photocopiers, computers, television cameras and cables for this weekend's minisummit 32 miles away in the capital city of Reykjavik (pronounced Rake-yah-veek...
...meeting been announced than the usually calm, almost phlegmatic capital (pop. 87,000 -- about the size of Sioux City, Iowa) began madcap preparations for the onslaught of some 1,500 journalists and White House and Kremlin staffers who are to accompany President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev. Reykjavik's several hundred rental cars were immediately snapped up, and the hardy Icelanders, whose unyielding environment has taught them to take advantage of every opportunity, began offering private cars for rent...
Your story about the dogs of Reykjavik has given me a new leash on life...
Legally, at least, Reykjavik (pop. 84,500) is a doggone difficult place for lovers of canines, which have been barred for the past 60 years as part of an effort to control the tapeworm that plagued Icelanders for centuries. Enough time to give one pause. Actually, the city in recent years has been so undogmatic about enforcing the ban that it now has an estimated 3,000 dogs. The atmosphere is scarcely one to make a pup tense. Putting up whippet all, police almost never enforce the law (or collect the $200 fine) for harboring a bootleg mutt...