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...cooperation is to turn down substantial benefits," he told Americans. "Mankind has outgrown the cold-war armor which it was once forced to wear. It wants to breathe freely and peacefully." The U.S. and Russia are only at the "beginning of a long road" that will require "constant care, tireless efforts and patience...
...theory that you can breed a brilliant sire of young speedballs with the daughter of a line of gallant and tireless plodders and thereby produce a superhorse may be entirely wrong. Indeed, many people think that all breeding theories are wrong. "What you really need to get a good foal," one expert has said, "is a male horse, a female-and a lot of luck...
...community shifted from long religious habit to optional civilian clothes, both Phil Berrigan and her sister nuns used to kid the mildly miniskirted Liz about having "the world's most wonderful legs." These days Liz's legs are often hidden behind a lectern: she is a tireless speaker on, among other topics, the question of amnesty for draft resisters...
...tireless dedication to his assignments, Martin has not hesitated to challenge other officials' views. A typical cable from Thailand would begin: "While Ambassador X may see the situation in his area in his own way, the realities indicate ..." Martin even took on Lyndon Johnson's Defense Secretary, Robert McNamara, attacking Mc-Namara's plan to slash military aid to Thailand and shift it to Viet Nam. Martin's persistent arguments eventually won Johnson over to his side. Martin subsequently negotiated the use of Thai bases by the U.S. Air Force, now the largest American military presence...
...Eight Conference in yards-per-carry, and in 1965 he was selected as the second-round draft choice of the Minnesota Vikings. Rentzel was leaving O.U. as a Golden Boy, the handsome athlete from a rich family who was a fine football player and a tireless playboy. Yet, at one point in the book, Rentzel writes bitterly, "What had I really learned in those four years? Nothing...