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...year have refused to engage in serious dialogue, preferring instead to concentrate on scoring propaganda points off each other. Last June the Soviet Union invited the U.S. to talk in Vienna in September about, among other issues, banning antisatellite weapons in outer space. The U.S. accepted but could not swallow Soviet preconditions, so the talks have not convened. Instead, relations have settled back into the jittery holding pattern that began when the Soviets quit nuclear-arms talks late last year to protest the deployment of new U.S.-built Pershing II and cruise missiles in Western Europe. In a direct response...
...sunglasses and red boots, John Paul made his first known ski outing since becoming Pope six years ago, though he skied regularly when he lived in Poland. A sweater-clad Pertini followed in a snowmobile, puffing on his pipe and crying, "Santitá [Holiness], you whirl about like a swallow." Stopping at a mountain lodge for a lunch of pasta, beef and wine, John Paul toasted "a true friendship and an authentic human sentiment." Pertini then headed back to Rome, but the Pope stayed on the slopes for another day of enthusiastic downhilling. Reported Alpine Guide Franco Zani: "He skied...
...fast pace of the novel and the frequently less-than-plausible turns of events make Fly Away Home a bit much to swallow at times. But Piercy's prose is grounded in a very realistic portrayal of a very real woman, and her constant mention of Boston area landmarks, restaurants, and neighborhoods remind us that, yes, this is a real story. In similar moments, in fact. Daria reminds herself of the details that make her life real. She has a habit of counting her blessings, convincing herself that she exists and is happy--reminding herself of her identify...
MOST AMERICANS like to think of themselves as, well, Americans, not a walking, talking, cultural stereotype with an issue button that is just waiting to be pressed. One hopes that Mondale will just swallow hard and pick Hart, so that, the nominee isn't eaten alive by his supporters...
...four chapters that Greer gets into the real meat of her argument--when she takes on the subjects of eugenics, of world populations control and of forced sterility--that her strongest biases emerge. Those who were angered by some of her more provocative claims in earlier passages will not swallow her sweeping claims about the differences between East and West, the crimes of governments, and the absurdity of the overpopulation concept. Despite their militant premises, her conclusions can be challenged but not altogether dismissed...