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Accordingly, almost because the fighting had worsened, the emphasis swung back to negotiation. Said a key British politician: "We realized that only the swiftest diplomatic action could recapture the international support we have been losing." The British looked first to Haig, who in turn found a mediator in Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde Terry. The use of Belaúnde as an intermediary seemed to have several advantages. Peru is a Latin American country with traditionally friendly ties to Argentina. When the threat of war first emerged, the Peruvian Congress voted to send military supplies to Argentina. Belaunde, however...
...honor the previous 24 years. Starting with little more than a dream-a mare named Niagara Dream, to be exact-Berger turned a mom-and-pop stable into a racing powerhouse. Her ticket to the winner's circle was Niatross, a strapping bay regarded as the swiftest standard-bred in the history of the sport. In two years, he took top laurels on 37 of 39 trips to the post, earned $2 million and became the sixth horse to win pacing's Triple Crown. Now that Niatross has hung up his harness for a life on the stud...
...There was no physical way that I should have been able to run that race," Murphy said. "I guess when you get into a meet, the race doesn't go to the swiftest and strongest but to the guy who wants it most...
Within ten hours Clark had kept his word, Parliament had been dissolved, and a new national election was called for Feb. 18. Canada was faced with the swiftest demise of any government in nearly a century, and the country faced an electoral struggle for which no one was really prepared. On one side: the youthful, untested Clark Conservatives, who have suffered a nosedive in popularity in little more than half a year in office. On the other side: the experienced Trudeau Liberal Party, unaccustomed to opposition after more than a decade in power, grown listless and, now, even leaderless. Just...
...Boris Godunov. After studying art in Moscow, he spent ten years polishing his skills in Paris. In 1935 he emigrated to America, and seven years later he sold TIME his first and favorite cover portrait (of Jawaharlal Nehru). TIME'S most prolific cover artist, Chaliapin was also its swiftest: he was able to complete a portrait in seven to 15 hours, usually working from a photograph. A realistic painter, Chaliapin was an implacable and voluble foe of modern abstract art: "I want a linoleum design on the floor, not in a picture on the wall...