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...playing international chess for men's souls, is worth a book in itself. Karla is an evil genius who once instructed his mole to seduce Smiley's wife?to make the Briton doubt his motives for suspecting Haydon. Smiley's pure, patriotic zeal is simplified, and distorted, by his thirst for revenge...
Perhaps the most famous Rhodesian military unit is the Selous Scouts (named for British Explorer Frederick Selous), a secret, mixed-race tracker group of about 300 men who are renowned for their ability to survive in the bush. If water is not available, they will slake their thirst by sucking moisture from the stomach of a slaughtered kudu, the graceful spiral-horned antelope. Black members of the Scouts have masqueraded as guerrillas in order to discover the political leanings of black villagers. Consequently, whenever the Salisbury government charges that innocent civilians have been tortured or murdered by guerrillas, the nationalists...
...Hanover hosts' thirst for runs was not quenched and they returned for two more in the third inning. Stewart was victimized for the two scores after a couple of walks and a base hit. Steve Baloff relieved Stewart and surrendered a single but a Woodsman was chopped down at the plate to end the inning...
Eventually, the President's aides will gain that missing Capitol experience. Along the way, of course, they could also succumb to a special Washington vice. Says Angelo: "Thus far, the Carter staff has not demonstrated a thirst for power -but power, after all, can be an acquired taste...
...Novorossisk plant mainly supplies the sunny Black Sea resort area, but other plants are coming in the Crimea, Moscow, Leningrad and Tallinn. Pepsi is promoted as a health-giving tonic-an ideal way, as Novorossisk Plant Manager Andrei Oganov puts it, "to quench the thirst, invigorate the body and raise the tone." The chief problem the Russians have had with it is a low rate of bottle returns: despite a 120 deposit included in the 540 price, souvenir-minded Russians have been hanging on to two of every five bottles sold...