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...where you start. It's where you finish." Finally, Miss New Zealand, Lorraine Elizabeth Downes, 19, is proclaimed Miss Universe. The alien reads the data sheet Downes filled out before the competition. "Occupation: model. Hobbies: dance, regular workouts at gym, swimming, tennis, jogging. Life ambition: to strive for a good quality of life, and to be appreciative of what I accomplish in my life." He attends a press conference in the bedroom of a hotel suite the next morning. In her pink nightie and with her eggs Benedict cooling in front of her, Miss Universe describes her plans...
Once the disturbances had ended, Harold J. Berman, Ames Professor of Law, in his keynote address, stressed that the U.S. and the Soviet Union should not be satisfied with maintaining the current detente but should instead strive to become allies. Only then he argued, can the countries end the threat of nuclear war and redirect their energies to help Third World countries...
Shultz said the U.S. would continue to strive for "military balance," defend itself and its allies, and support "those who have a positive alternative to the Soviet model" in politically turbulent areas like El Salvador. "At the same time," he added, "we will respect legitimate Soviet security interests and are ready to negotiate equitable solutions to outstanding political problems...
...have had a chance to observe people at the top of just about every field. And it makes no difference if they are male or female, black or white, old or young, the people I observed succeeding are those who have been taught or who teach themselves to strive for excellence. The pleasure comes from knowing you have done a job the best way you know how. It seems to me, however, in our modern society that there is very little done these days in pursuit of excellence. But whatever there is, it stands out for its rarity...
...fact it has only rarely been difficult to establish the facts. Yet I have usually found it to be the case although it has the ring of cliche that the behavior complained about is interpreted very differently by each party. In order to establish the facts, I strive to be objective and unprejudiced: I cannot make assumptions about the behavior or the motivations of either party...