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...Arab-Israeli Lausanne conference of 1949, the two sides stayed in separate hotels, never saw one another, and communicated only through couriers. When Lebanon's Charles Malik was president of the U.N. General Assembly, he once strayed into the Israeli pavilion at an international fair and drank a champagne toast. He was photographed in the act and was savagely attacked throughout the Arab world...
...portion of his urine without complication. However, consumption of even a small amount of urine by a person with marginally functional kidneys could lead to uremic poisoning by progressively elevating the blood concentrations of toxic substances. Readers who are willing to "drink up" should know the odds before they toast their health...
...Lenin. Earlier this year Moscow issued a postage stamp bearing Brezhnev's likeness, the first stamp to picture a living Soviet leader since Stalin. At a reception after the parade, Brezhnev, who will be 71 next month, sounded considerably more conciliatory than had Defense Minister Ustinov. Offering a toast "to lasting peace on earth," he promised to "do everything in our power to ease the threat of war, to strengthen peaceful cooperation among states...
...surprised that a person in Food Services would make a statement like that," Weissbecker said, adding that a meal consisting of a glass of milk, a slice of toast and a cup of instant oatmeal provides about 28 per cent of a person's suggested protein...
...master of repression, Kepesh struggles between these two facets of his character. But this set pattern of restlessness, dissatisfaction and destruction continues through his other relationships. He marries Helen, a beautiful, adventurous, femme fatale and then proceeds to try to domesticate her. Their marriage dissolves over quarrels about burnt toast and lost letters. The wreckage of his marriage gives rise to a period of depression and unwilling chastity in David's life. A young teacher named Claire rescues him, and David feels he has found at last a sure and steady happiness. But while summering with Claire in a house...