Word: salt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pastels and magic are the main components of The Wreck of the Zephyr, written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin; $14.95). A small sailboat sits wrecked at the edge of a cliff. How did it get up there? An old salt describes the journey to a place where boats glide above the water like seagulls. Van Allsburg's dark, hypnotic illustrations follow the craft through massed clouds and starry evenings, until it crashes to earth with the surprise of a joke and the power of a folk tale...
Nevertheless, the Great Communicator did not stint on personal details. His diet is light and lean (except for tacos at lunch on Thursday) if not quite salt-free: "I mean, you'd have to be a raccoon or something to eat a hard-boiled egg without salt, but I use very little." He no longer body surfs, but still performs backflips into the pool "to show off for Nancy." By working out with weights and treadmill for 25 minutes every evening in his White House exercise room, he has gained 5 Ibs. ("muscle is heavier than fat") and added...
...presidency of Ronald Reagan, marked by its harsh criticism of SALT II, signaled a new era in superpower diplomacy and heightened Talbott's interest in arms control. During the past three years, he has gathered information week by week, talking with officials at various levels in numerous agencies of the U.S. Government. He traveled to Moscow, Geneva, London and Bonn, interviewing North Atlantic Treaty Organization spokesmen as well as experts from the Soviet Union. The result is a vivid look at what really happened as the representatives of the superpowers wrestled to find agreement at Geneva. This week...
...further reason for pessimism is the stagnation of almost all nuclear arms-control efforts. The Geneva START talks have made no progress to speak of in the 17 months since they began. The unratified SALT n treaty of 1979, which both sides have agreed to comply with informally, is eroding with every passing month as each side accuses the other of activities that violate the understanding. Meanwhile, new weapons systems under development by both sides are becoming harder and harder to deal with under arms-control proposals. One crucial new area that must be dealt with soon: an effort...
...about whether Nitze would be willing to out-stonewall the Soviets. Perle knew Nitze well. He had first come to Washington under Nitze's auspices in 1969 to help campaign for stronger national defenses. Perle and Nitze had fought on the same side against Senate approval of the SALT II treaty. Nevertheless, Perle feared that Nitze was an "inveterate problem solver" who would eventually "set his sights on getting an agreement for its own sake...