Word: slights
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Gorbachev did offer one slight ray of hope on Afghanistan. The Soviets did not want to keep their troops there indefinitely, he declared, hinting that the Kremlin was searching for some kind of political solution...
Almost nothing about Reagan the Leader is dismissible: his height, his straight back, his hair. In every scene played out in Geneva he had a slight physical advantage. "But it was never threatening," said one ambassador who was there. "Reagan radiated good will." ABC's David Hartman, the host of Good Morning, America and a former film actor himself, watched the Geneva script unwind on his monitors and said, "The President always played it so they came to him. That's the first rule of the stage...
...aesthetic is alive and well. Particularly when it comes to chairs, the charms of rococo revivalism and campy cha-cha shapes tend to pall quickly. Enzo Mari's lithe Tonietta chair is subtle as can be. What could have been another exercise in thoughtless angularity is redeemed by the slight, supple art nouveau curvature of the aluminum legs and the natural give of the leather seat and back...
...indentured at saber point to fight in the woods, streams and back alleys--guerrilla warriors against the imperial power. Atrocities abound on both sides. There are no flaming heroics, no real winners: the visitors just get worn out before the home team does. The Americans are given a slight moral edge because the land is theirs. Well, it really belonged to the Indians, but that's another imperialist horror story...
...Scouten moved from the Secret Service to the White House staff as deputy to the chief usher, who is in charge of running the physical White House. Scouten was on duty when Ike had his slight stroke that year and aides gently persuaded him not to go to the state dinner that night. Scouten helped execute Jackie Kennedy's dinner on Mount Vernon's lawn for Pakistan's President Ayub Khan, a logistics marvel that involved preparing the food in field kitchens and transporting guests down the Potomac. "Thank goodness the weather was good," he recalled, an all-time understatement...