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Indeed, if any nation came under pressure at the NATO meeting, it was The Netherlands. The Dutch government, skittish about public opinion, has waffled on accepting 48 U.S. cruise missiles as part of NATO's five-country deployment. Dutch officials last week sounded out their alliance partners about scaling back the missile quota. The response: sympathy, but no deal. At week's end the Dutch announced a decision that pleased neither the U.S. nor the peace movement: if the Soviets add even a single SS-20 missile to their present arsenal, The Netherlands will accept the full complement...
These somethings that become nothing are the focus of a sparkling, if obsessive, study by British Freelance Writer Mark Bryant. "It may come as some surprise to those who have only encountered riddles in the guise of jokes," he notes defensively, "that this skittish footnote to the austere chronicles of our folk-culture heritage has itself an ancient and learned history." As proof, he ventures back to Babylonia to unearth an early example: "Who becomes pregnant without conceiving? Who becomes fat without eating?" Answer: Clouds. In ancient Greece, Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx: "What is it that goes...
...confusion about whether Reagan did indeed plan to send more advisers. Washington had hoped that its idea for early elections would be seen solely as a Salvadoran initiative, but the top U.S. official entrusted with the negotiations blabbed about them within earshot of a reporter. The bungling made a skittish Congress even more skeptical of White House plans. Conceded an Administration official: "This is an unfortunate way to do business. We're talking first and deciding what we mean afterward...
...slut, he invariably beds. The young Peer of Part I (rather monotonously played by Greg Martyn) scoots off to a wedding feast held for one of his old flames (Jana Schneider). There he meets Solveig (Jossie de Guzman), a girl of 15 or 16 who captivates him but is skittish at his brusque advances. To the end of the play, she will be his undimmed light of love and will incredibly play the combined role of wife and mother figure without the literal consolations of either...
...thousands, possibly millions, of Americans on the new technology. He insisted that the Apple II be what the jargon calls "user friendly." He wanted it light and trim, well designed in muted colors, and today pushes his engineers hard to make machines that will not frighten away a skittish and skeptical clientele. The Jobs sales skills will be hard pressed in the months to come. In mid-January, Apple will introduce Lisa, a new model that the company has been working on full-time for four years and that is expected to sell for $10,000. Later in the year...