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...sack of oysters, put some sweet potatoes on the potbelly stove, and put a nice tape on - Willie Nelson, something like that -and then we chop and carve. That's where it's at. It's being happy." Brunet advised not to strive for winning ribbons; rather, he said, strive to please yourself - something he apparently has accomplished. "I say, when I carve a pintail drake, you can set music to it. Everything swings...
...action committee, Heritage is currently the hot shop in the public policy industry. In contrast with the liberal Brookings Institution and conservative American Enterprise Institute, which encourage scholars to produce thoroughgoing reports at their own pace, Heritage expects its researchers to study topical questions, work on tight deadlines and strive to get their results noticed or, better yet, acted upon. New studies are hand-delivered to every Cabinet officer and member of Congress. The names and specialties of 1,500 congressional aides, 700 Executive Branch staffers and 3,000 journalists are stored in Heritage's computer, so that reports...
...Punjab, and political autonomy for Punjab except for the central government's retainment of control over foreign affairs, defense, currency and communications--all these demands constitute extreme difficulties for a central government that must maintain its neutrality with regard to rights and interests of all the Indian states and strive for the continuation of India as a cohesive, united whole. The failure of negotiations to solve the most important issues should not be so readily attributed to the obstinacy or lack of long-term political analysis on the part of Gandhi, but rather to the inherent, almost insurmountable nature...
...federal calendar set one deadline: the Government began a new fiscal year last Monday and needed fresh authority from Congress to continue spending money. The legislators had fixed a second deadline: they agreed to strive for adjournment Thursday so that they could go home and campaign full-time for reelection. Religion posed a third deadline: Congress decided not to legislate past sundown Friday, the beginning of Yom Kippur, in deference to its Jewish members...
...trend." He also addressed himself directly to the military. "In the seriously deteriorating international situation," he warned, "we must strengthen our national defense. All officers and men of the Chinese People's Liberation Army must be alert at all times, constantly improve their military and political qualities, and strive to gain knowledge and capacity for modern warfare...