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...world diplomats thumb and plumb President Nixon's book-length outline of U.S. foreign policy, the most dog-eared section is likely to be that covering U.S. attitudes toward the Soviet Union. It is an unusually frank appraisal of Russia's rise as a world power and suggests ways in which both superpowers should accommodate their differences through a realistic assessment of mutual self-interest. As such, it could have an influence on Kremlin decisions now being readied for unveiling at the Soviet Party Congress that begins later this month. Some excerpts...
...only one, to a 300-lb. behemoth named Buster Mathis in the 1964 Olympic trials. When Mathis suffered an injury, Joe went to Tokyo in his stead and won the heavyweight Gold Medal?even though he had to fight through three rounds of his final match with a broken thumb. Returning home penniless and with a heavy cast on his hand, he was unable to work for six months and had to live off his wife's $60-a-week salary as a factory worker. In desperation, he took a job as a janitor in the aptly named Bright Hope...
...pounds, Harvard competitors were eliminated in the first round by seeded opponents. Before Josh Henson's opening-round bout at 134 pounds, his thumb, which had bothered him during the week, was discovered to be broken. Seeded eighth, he went into the match anyway but was beaten by Columbia's Jeff Badini...
...meeting a woman on a stroll, in one sequence, and in another, they imitate a ballet dancer roaming over hills. In both sequences it's an interesting idea that is executed well-but Groove Tube's leering humor makes the first sequence depend on the appearance of a thumb between one pair of finger-legs and upon the inevitable seduction, while in the other sequence the cleverness of the finger ballet yields to a punch-line based on the revelation that the hills on which the fingers dance are the contours of a woman's body. Without these glad-handing...
...average dome in about eight hours. Costs are modest. Cadco of New York State offers a 39-foot diameter dome with 1,100 sq. ft. of living space for $4,900 (erected). Doors, windows, heating and foundation all add to the cost. Cadco's rule-of-thumb estimate of total cost is about $9.50 per square foot. Dynadome, of Phoenix, Ariz., sells its 40-foot dome in kit form...