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Telephoto Blonde. On days when the two sides actually met, hundreds of reporters and photographers crowded into a barricaded section of sidewalk outside the Hotel Majestic to record delegates' waves as they entered and their growls as they left. (Typical Harriman report: "We met for 3½ hours and had extensive discussions.") To stave off boredom, photographers took to training their telephoto lenses on balconies of apartments near the Majestic, zeroing in mostly on the performance of a petite blonde with an extensive wardrobe of underwear on the fifth floor of No. 20 Avenue Kleber...
Saigon itself was hit hard only in certain areas, such as the Chinese district of Cholon. Though scattered shells fell throughout the capital, life in downtown Saigon was business as usual after the first alarms: streets were filled with noisy scooters, pedicabs and cars; stores stayed open; sidewalk vendors hawked their trinkets. Despite the bombing of two small power plants, the city's electricity and water supplies flowed normally. Unlike Tet, there was little city-wide fear that the Communists might overrun the capital...
...have red flags flying from the roof. I explain to a cop on the sidewalk below that these stand for revolution, not for Communism. He says yes, he remembers reading something about that...
...What do they mean amnesty?" asked one freshman of another as they puffed up the red brick sidewalk of Garden Street. "You know, that's so when we get caught they won't punish us," said the other...
...Cheri lobby functions something like a county fair. Tickets for each picture are sold in their respective kiosks. There is a huge refreshment stand stranded like a useless life raft in the center of the floor. Off to one side, there is what pretends to be both a sidewalk café' and an ice cream parlor. Remnants of an art exhibition are occasionally displayed on the walls. People mill about, others line up at the various entrances. They are generally enthusiastic. The circus has come to the inner city, and the side shows are just great. The success of Cheri...