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Nicholson knows the jungle rules of Hollywood and acknowledges them when he says, "Once they want you, you can be certain the day will come when they won't any more." Now he can savor the effervescence of his new celebrity and know too that for him that day will probably not come. He is well enough established so that the work will be there for him, maybe not always quite so prime, but always available...
Maintaining the islet of anachronisms was no joke for Dame Sibyl. Nor was it merely a commercial venture designed to bring 50,000 tourists to Sark each year to savor medieval folkways and buy tax-free cigarettes and liquor...
...much of the trip, Kissinger seemed unable to savor his contribution to Nixon's triumph. He was morose and uncharacteristically aloof, having threatened to resign on the eve of the flight to Cairo over the continuing accusations that he was less than truthful about his role in national-security wiretapping (see following story). That was unfortunate, since the changes in the Middle East have been nothing short of astonishing since Kissinger went to work in the wake of the October war. Eight months ago, Egyptians regarded Nixon as the villain who was sending Phantom jets to the Israelis...
...philosopher. The autobiographical threads that connect his chautauquas possess the urgency of self-revelation. An attempt to exorcize and thrash the "ghost of rationality" haunts Pirsig's story, and his personal quest animates the intellectual odyssey. The book's roots in common experience enable one to follow and savor its course...
...career spanning 35 years, more than 150 major-stakes victories and $12 million in purses, Thoroughbred Trainer Woodford C. Stephens has rarely indulged himself as extravagantly as he did last week. He took off three entire days to savor the biggest win of his life: Cannonade's victory in the Kentucky Derby. "I've always wanted to win it," says Stephens, 60. "It sort of completes everything...