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...winter wonderland. To the casual eye, it appeared that the 13th Olympic Winter Games were over and done with. Yet one final, unlisted event was under way well before the last athletes had straggled out of Olympic Village. The happening: the great downhill plunge from celebrity to obscurity. The sole entrant: Lake Placid, N.Y. (pop. 2,700), U.S.A...
...dispute is as convoluted as the Middle East situation. The major issue, however, is possible American recognition of the Palestine Liberation Organization (P.L.O.) as the sole, legitimate representative of the Palestinians. The N.C.C. will infuriate American Jews, and exacerbate Jewish-Christian relations, if it recommends that the U.S. adopt that policy, or does so without demanding that the P.L.O. renounce terrorism and accept Israel's right to a secure existence...
...Palestine, that is a matter for the disputants of the conflict to settle. Thirdly, and this follows from the above two points, the Palestinians must be represented in any negotiations pertaining to their future by the Palestine Liberation Organization, which, whether we like it or not, is the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinians. Any other considerations (whether this should be done under U.N. auspices, in partnership with European nations, etc.) are subordinate to the above...
...said he refuses to negotiate with the Quebec government, which is seeking a mandate from Quebecois to negotiate political independence, and regrets that Quebec sees independence as the sole means to safeguard its unique French culture...
...told him, he has already conveyed in his extraordinary performances and recordings; he has little to add here. He is better on his fellow musicians, particularly those whom he does not wholly admire. He proudly plays his new recording of the Grieg concerto for the sardonic Rachma ninoff, whose sole comment is "Piano out of tune." Jascha Heifetz patronizes him musically but seeks his advice on buying gentlemanly accouterments. His great rival, Vladimir Horowitz, hangs about Rubinstein's Paris home, accepting free meals and fussing over his encores. After they fall out, ostensibly because of a broken lunch date...