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...land is a force beyond man's ken. In the 1920s Novelist Sherwood Anderson wrote of North Dakota: "Mystery whispered in the grass, was caught and blown across the American Line in clouds of dust at evening on the prairies. I am old enough to remember tales that strengthen my belief in a deep semi-religious influence that was formerly at work among our people." That mysticism lives...
Brezhnev moved very cautiously at first. A professional party apparatchik, he began to strengthen his position among his cronies and those with similar experiences and like views. By the spring of 1966, when I arrived back in Moscow from New York, Brezhnev had created a broader base of support. His power was becoming entrenched. Moscow jokesters were among the first to depict the attitude of the new leadership. Fedorenko told me a story that illustrated Brezhnev's power and the age-old Russian love of wordplay: A worker asked Brezhnev how to address him. He responded bashfully: "Just call...
Krupot said the Yale strike and student/faculty support forced Columbia to the bargaining table before the scheduled strike. She added that Yale and District 65's bargaining last week will strengthen Harvard worker's unionization drive...
...Ninety-seven people died. The 400-m.p.h. propjet plane was found to suffer from a "runaway flutter," in which vibration was transmitted from an engine to a propeller and then to a wing, which would sometimes shake loose. Lockheed spent $25 million to modify the design and strengthen the plane. Gradually, most pilots lost their fear of the aircraft, and a military version, the P-3C Orion, has proved reliable in tracking submarines...
...deal would be that it might tide the arms-control process over its current crisis. It would be a way of buying time and improving the atmosphere for East-West diplomacy. Also, America's allies would be mightily relieved and more likely to follow U.S. leadership on steps to strengthen the alliance, such as a buildup in conventional forces. Congress and U.S. public opinion would be similarly reassured, and similarly more inclined to support Administration defense programs...