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...Thus Kissinger was able to embark on his diplomatic adventure?a five-nation trip ostensibly related to the war in Viet Nam?and to fly into Peking from Pakistan without arousing suspicion, while pretending to be ill with a stomach ailment (see box, page 13). He arrived in Peking fully aware that Chou was more than willing to see Nixon. But just what the Kissinger-Chou talks produced that convinced both sides that they would benefit from a summit meeting remains one of the mysteries surrounding the affair. Uncertainty that matters would go smoothly was undoubtedly a reason...
...Chinese to work out the communique. On Sunday, there was a final meeting and a farewell lunch. The Americans departed at 1 p.m. Kissinger's appearance reflected his success. When he returned from Peking, an alert observer might have noticed that the man who was supposedly suffering from a stomach ailment had put on five pounds. According to White House wits, Kissinger was so impressed by the meals in Peking that he jested: "A guest of the state must have starved to death 3,000 years ago and the Chinese are determined that it will not happen again...
...goddam sorry, but what good does that do now?" Gibson, a high school graduate, worked as a stone polisher on the outside. In prison, he scribbled the play on scraps of paper to kill time when he could not sleep; he would stretch out on his stomach on the floor of his cell after lights-out, sticking his hands through the bars to write by the corridor lighting. > Jerry Pulliam, 27, plays Jason, who kills a hood by stabbing him with an ice pick. It is grimly reminiscent of his own crime. "I killed an acquaintance with a knife," says...
...like substances first discovered in the 1930s. Although their exact role is still incompletely understood, prostaglandins occur in semen, menstrual fluid and a wide variety of human tissues. They are known to be involved with the functions of such diverse structures as the heart, bronchial tubes, blood vessels and stomach...
...forces him to stand erect. He swims in the summer, usually from his houseboat tied up off the village of Rijpweterinj. He regularly walks nearly a mile from his official residence to the Foreign Ministry in The Hague. He drinks very little ("It gives me a war in my stomach") and never anything stronger than wine. He leaves all dinners punctually at 10:30 unless "I want to show how much I enjoyed it." In that case, he stays until...