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...three-day summit was surprisingly free of acrimony-except against Israel-in part because three notables were absent. The most radical of Arab leaders, Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and Iraq's Ahmed Hassan Bakr, boycotted the conference because they thought it would soften Arab attitudes toward Israel. Jordan's King Hussein stayed home-although he sent a delegation -because he resented the participation of Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat. Concentrating on the three Ps of peace, petroleum and Palestine, the delegates, in the end, were able to wind up the meeting with the most impressive display of Arab...
...Harry Truman once wrote to a music critic who had snickered at Daughter Margaret's singing that the fellow would be needing a jockstrap if they ever met. Now it turns out that advancing age and tranquil retirement in Independence, Mo., did nothing to sweeten the tongue or soften the wrath of the 33rd President of the United States. In a book appropriately titled Plain Speaking, to be published in February (G.P. Putnam's Sons), Truman displays all of his oldtime fire...
...roles or clinging to the old ones, and with what degree of satisfaction? Like a great many of those she talked to, Jane Howard had no usable models for the kind of person she wanted to be. The old male stereotypes are a rough fit, if soaked overnight to soften them: be strong (but don't be afraid to show weakness), be aggressive (but don't be a pig about it), be rational (but let the emotions flow). Female stereotypes are not so easily remodeled. It makes no real sense to urge that women be submissive...
...television commentators and snapped acidly at a CBS newsman: "Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects." The President hesitated and grinned as shouts for his attention continued. Moments later, he oddly tried to soften the outburst by saying that he had meant commentators, not reporters...
...advice from Johnson himself) starts out running moonshine for his pappy (Art Lund) and playing chicken with the cops. Pappy gets busted, and Junior takes to racing−first in demolition derbies, then working and brazening his way up to the big time−to get some money to soften Pappy's prison term...