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...surely learned in Hollywood: how to fit himself into a role and stay consistent in the part, even when a film is being shot over a period of weeks. In politics this is known as establishing a clear profile. At Geneva, while talking longingly of peace, the President stayed stubborn on Star Wars. Yet Reagan's Hollywood training did produce one gullible-sounding remark about Gorbachev: "I think I'm some judge of acting, so I don't think he was acting. He, I believe, is just as sincere as we are." Two weeks after Geneva, Reagan was back...
...without success. After consultations, an old-style double-edged Blue Blade razor was brought in for the heavy work. The Blue Blade managed, in Nagle's words "to get through the thick of it" but a more advanced TRAC II was still required to polish off a few particularly stubborn tufts. Three razors and a jar of shaving cream later, the employee went forth--another beardless male, and another satisfied Gillette customer...
...rents. These shared threats induce the mood of solidarity fondly guyed by Noel Coward decades ago: "Though if the Van Dycks have to go/ And we pawn the Bechstein Grand,/ We'll stand/ By the Stately Homes of England." As one should, for there is no parallel to the stubborn integrity of their collections among the stripped and much-looted palaces across the Channel...
...coxswains get very stubborn about yielding, and course marshalls are starting to disqualify crews for that...
...Clear the bridge before you're thrown off--and I'm not going in after you," Gilford ordered, but dozens lingered. "Tell them to go home and make love," Gilford told a reporter before getting out of his car to chase away the stubborn...