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Qiao Guanhua was ill when I met him, a scarf wrapped around his throat. He was in the hospital when I left. I do not think I will ever see him again. But I remember his words, "step by step." Which is the way that both we and the Chinese must go through this passage of history. No "ultimate solutions" are possible, either for the Chinese or ourselves; but "step by step" we may get there...
...arguing costs about $50 a word. So Nick LaMicela, the project's art director, has selected a quiet country road, with no palm trees to spoil the illusion of France. Somebody has found a French cowherd. Actually he is a Puerto Rican waiter, but in beret, smock and scarf, and with rouge on his round cheeks to suggest a history of drinking wine for breakfast, he looks as French as Pierre...
...finish the course. McKinney's style is frequently described as dainty. It is said that she skips down the mountain; her skis "kiss the snow." Many of the women racers are rather robust, but McKinney, at 5 ft. 4 in., 115 Ibs., is as light as a scarf. The seventh and youngest child of Hall of Fame Steeplechase Jockey Rigan McKinney, and an equestrian herself, Tamara appreciates speed no less than most children of the Kentucky bluegrass, and no less than Mahre. "In the next few years," Mahre said, "skiing might not be such a bad sport...
...years of naval service, I have never seen a naval officer with his coat collar turned up like a journalist's. Pug also should have been wearing a white silk scarf. Otherwise it was a nice shot of Mitchum...
...Canadian-born Wunderkind who was playing the piano at 3 and composing at 5, Gould won critical acclaim as a young man for performances that pulsed with rhythmic dynamism and exuberance while retaining clarity and subtlety. He was almost as famous for such oddball habits as wearing gloves, scarf and overcoat in summer. Gould ended his concert career in 1964, concentrating after that on recordings. He defended his idiosyncratic approach by saying, "Music is a malleable art, acquiescent and philosophically flexible...