Word: talking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...action. "We toured hotels and restaurants in Madrid and London," says Scott, "and he quickly laid to rest any illusion that he coddles himself. He hoofs it everywhere. His curiosity about bedsprings, shower nozzles and kitchen steam tables is insatiable." In between, there was plenty of time for talk...
...part of the problem concerns the Communists: Will they deal with Thieu? They vow that there will never be peace so long as Thieu sits in the presidential palace. This position might change in the course of negotiations, but at present it does not seem likely. When the Communists talk of a coalition, they are not thinking of a coalition with Thieu, because to join one would be to recognize his legitimacy. The second part of the problem involves Thieu's domestic political situation: Will his government be strong and broad enough to unite non-Communist forces...
...Time. Actually, the President of South Viet Nam may not be quite so obdurate as he seems. Says TIME's Saigon bureau chief: "In private conversation, Thieu and Vice President Ky talk about eight months ahead of the way they talk in public. Thieu today expresses his appreciation of the political facts of life in the U.S. and of the necessity for serious negotiations with the Communists." Short of outright coalition, which the U.S. does not now advocate anyway, he might accept one of the other formulas that have been proposed. One solution, for example, might...
...believe that erotica robs sexual relations of beauty. Overwhelmingly, 66% to 5%, Americans think that sexual morality is more lax than ever, and they again pinpoint the news media as the principal reason. On the other hand, 16% think that Americans are not really more promiscuous but just talk a lot more about sex. Says Naomi Brock, a South Gate, Calif, housewife: "I suppose it's always been about the same. But it seems more open now, and taken for granted...
Erich Leinsdorf, retiring director of the Boston Symphony, is a strong favorite in the musician category, but the scientist race is still in doubt. Early talk of Charles DeGauelle as the honorary foreign diplomat has faded, with a member of the Peruvian government moving in as probable winner...