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That he was, and for him the World Cup circuit stretched out far ahead. As he left Sarajevo for Copper Mountain, Colo., to train for a downhill next week, he had nothing unkind to say about anyone, not even Klammer. But, of course, he did have a breezy last word. "I could be in this game a long time now." -By John Skow...
...were wrong." Added the President: "I underestimated the role of the lobbies, France's attachment to acquired benefits, corporatism. French people like to hear talk about rigor from those on the right. But as soon as we propose it, we are no longer credible." Mitterrand had some unkind words for tight-money U.S. policies, which he blamed for prolonging the world recession: "It is true that we may have dreamed a little bit in 1981 and underestimated the length of the international crisis. I overestimated the good will of the Americans. I don't expect anything from Reagan...
...about where he was living with his simulation of politesse: "We're in the embassy residence, subject, of course, to some of the discomfiture as a result of a need for, uh, elements of refurbishment and rehabilitation." One of the few Britons who did not join in the unkind laughter was the Queen. She went out of her way to get to know Annenberg better, and was so impressed that in 1976 she made him an honorary knight. That odd affinity between the prim and discreet Queen and the rough-hewn millionaire partly explains why she accepted his invitation...
...headquarters in Denham Springs, a rural suburb of Baton Rouge. Wilkinson claimed he discovered the error himself while scanning the organization's financial records. He dutifully reported the mistake to the IRS, he said, but it slapped the Klan with hefty penalties anyway. He added, "They were unkind. They put the maximum of everything...
...think of other conversational gambits. To her the Grail came parcel post, wrapped in bright holiday paper and crowned with a bow the size of a best-acting award. She has, in short, never had to pant after a part and rarely received so much as an unkind word from a reviewer. What she has experienced is the acclaim of the London critics, and after her new play, David Hare's Plenty, opened off-Broadway in October, almost embarrassingly ecstatic reviews in New York as well...