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...defunct Paris Presse. The solidest bond between the two is the joy they share in debunking the culinary canons of their fellow Frenchmen. They condone serving red wine with fish, accept Israelite gras as only "slightly inferior" to the product of Strasbourg and advise housewives to shorten the cooking hours of those long, loving, simmering stews. They have even dared to question butter's superiority to margarine...
...solution in the very near future." Most likely, Kreisky eventually will close SchÖnau and then open another transit center, possibly in a well-guarded building at Schwechat Airport. This would have the double advantage of allowing Kreisky to keep his word to the terrorists and also shorten as much as possible the duration of the emigrants' stay in Austria...
...whether Nixon felt he owed "an apology to the American people" for lying about the bombing of Cambodia. Nixon snapped: "Certainly not." He added: "I think the American people are very thankful that the President ordered what was necessary to save the lives of their men and shorten this war -which he found when he got here, and which he ended." On that ringing note, he closed the press conference, walking briskly away even as U.P.I.'s Helen Thomas was uttering the traditional words "Thank you, Mr. President...
...programmed time before self-destruction, such as brain and heart cells. In humans, the upper limit is thought to be between 80 and 90 years, a time genetically determined with few variations. But it is theorized that radiation, minor illnesses, and even emotional scars--factors difficult to control--shorten our allotted times...
...Most demonstrators believe that they were able to shorten the war. At least they did not start it! As for myself, even knowing that my protests may have lengthened the war, I would have kept on demonstrating. Conscience is a strong thing when you are part of a country that is in the wrong...