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Next morning, after a final session, Mondale read a statement that summarized the meeting and crisply stated U.S. policy. It was utterly devoid of diplomatic euphemism. On both Rhodesia and Namibia, he said, there had been some slight progress, though "the significance of that progress will depend on future developments." On Rhodesia, Vorster had reluctantly agreed to press for an agreement leading to an independent Zimbabwe (the African nationalists' name for Rhodesia) during 1978. On Namibia, the U.N. trust territory that South Africa has administered since 1920, Vorster had made several concessions, Mondale declared, though the two countries disagreed...
...they really did have lots of things to do and even though they hated to leave, it really was time to "hit the old books." Her intonation, however, gave guys like Martin the impression that she would probably love to see them all again sometime soon. Adrian managed a slight smile--after all she hadn't even been introduced to these people--or actually, hadn't bothered to introduce herself. She certainly didn't want these guys calling her up and asking her out next week-end. Adrian was going to think of something else besides men while...
...Secretary of Defense has ever come to the job with such sterling credentials or thorough preparation. Still, as Harold Brown points out, most of his predecessors got into trouble "because of things for which no one could be prepared." Then he adds with a slight frown, "There is nothing quite so likely to lead to error as believing that you know all about a situation when in fact it is not the same situation you remember. That's a trap I could easily fall into...
Bloody Siege. The Spain she returns to bears slight resemblance to the one she fled in 1939 when General Francisco Franco's forces overran the Spanish capital. During the bloody siege of Madrid, she admonished housewives to prepare boiling oil to throw at the invaders, and organized a women's brigade that fought alongside the men at the battlefront. "It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees," she shouted. 'They shall not pass!" It quickly became the Loyalists' rallying...
...crews battled bowball-to-bowball for half a mile, and at times the Crimson enjoyed a slight lead. But Yale drove by in the middle mile, and took a commanding length's lead into the last ninety strokes...