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...only sour note of the executives' visit came during one luncheon. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Georgi Kornienko, in a 90-minute diatribe, lashed out against U.S. imperialism and economic policies. It struck newcomers to U.S.Soviet trade talks as rather inappropriate, but older hands took it all in stride as standard Soviet bluster...
...Laid-back Southerner takes in all in stride. "After my freshman year, I learned not to expect anything. Awards are what other people perceive of your performance, but what's important is how you think you've done...
...impish sense of humor. To relieve the tension and tedium on location with Octopussy, Moore strolled through the hotel courtyard, into the swimming pool without breaking stride, and up and out again into the arms of his wife Luisa. He is engagingly self-deprecating about his career: "If I kept all my bad notices, I'd need two houses." But how does he bring his acting gifts to bear on the subtle character changes demanded of James Bond? "Sometimes I wear a white dinner jacket, sometimes a black...
...Dartmouth quarterback, on third and nine at his own 32, dropped into the pocket and found that split end Olejniczak, streaking down the right hash marks toward the Harvard end zone, had three steps on Crimson corner back Chris Myers. Stafford led his receiver beautifully, and Olejniczak never broke stride, out motoring Myers to the er' zone for the longest touchdown play in the Harvard-Dartmouth series, and a 14-6 Big Green lead with less than six minutes left...
...worst luck--whose very story was a fairy tale of racing history, ended his career on the home turn of the running of the jockey Club Gold Cup. He broke from the inside and sat in third place for most of the way, until that single fatal stride canceled an almost certain victory in his last scheduled race before retirement...