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...they are pitying themselves without reason. Two years ago Nixon backed down when faced with a domestic crisis, and there is every reason he will again. For many people sitting still while the United States annhilates the Vietnamese people is a simple impossibility. It would take nerve getting a suntan this weekend lieing on your back...
...flirtation of the week took place at the Russian embassy in Washington, which gave a reception for Culture Minister Yekaterina Furtseva -61, blonde, and the highest-ranking woman in the Soviet Union. Straight from the airport with a fresh San Clemente suntan, Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger came to meet her. Someone asked if Kissinger would have the same success with the ladies in Moscow that he does in Hollywood. Furtseva (twinkling at him over the vodka and caviar): Bolshe (Bigger). Kissinger (twinkling back): I hope you have a heart specialist in Moscow. Furtseva: Don't worry. I am surprised...
...Bundestag in 1957 from a strongly Catholic district and achieved the cabinet post of Minister for All-German Affairs in 1962. Married, and the father of one daughter, he has been known as a flashy man about Bonn who drives fast cars, collects modern art, maintains a year-round suntan and keeps trim with daily swims. No longer quite so cocky as he used to be, Barzel is still extremely self-confident, but he knows that he must change his image to win the popular support that he now lacks...
...summertime entertainment, the popular novel retains certain distinct advantages over even the most portable television set. The book is easy to operate and almost never needs repair. It functions at all altitudes and particularly well at sea level, where sand, salt air and suntan lotions have no adverse effects on its performance. These two suitable-for-summer novels are brisk, undemanding and unoffensive, except possibly to cautious Washington bureaucrats, Chinese Communists, members of the Italian-American Civil Rights League or Hungarians overly sensitive to the revolving-door joke (they go in behind you, but come out in front...
...people who run the whole affair do their best to be prepared for such unscheduled events-the executive secretary, who does everything from tracking down mislaid children to re-introducing their parents, wouldn't dream of setting out for Essex without armloads of safety pins, suntan oil, and Kotex. But you can't foresee every contingency. Gosh, the unexpected is half the fun of reunions...