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Welcomed by vodka toasts to U.S.Soviet friendship, American astronauts arrived in Russia last week to begin the final round of joint training exercises for next July's historic linkup of a U.S. Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. Both the American and Russian crews were confident that the flight would be successful; they all signed the jug of vodka, recorked it and promised to polish it off when they got back from orbit...
...days are scheduled: Up at 5 a.m. Break-fast at 7. Three hours of work on his autobiography. A two-mile walk to the office. Meetings with people and correspondence work. Lunch at noon. Nap. Light reading or mechanical work in his workshop. Cocktail (vodka and tonic). Television. Dinner and sleep...
...Walter Annenberg are known for their table, and this dinner left nothing to be desired. It began with Iranian caviar (a recent gift from the Shah to the Nixons who brought it along), served with well-chilled Russian vodka; then it continued with slices of pink Chateaubriand served with a red Bordeaux, and Dom Pérignon champagne. In his toast, Annenberg expressed his appreciation to Nixon for his ambassadorial appointment. In his turn, the former President extolled the value of friendship, especially in the face of adversity, and lauded the assembled guests for their loyalty at a time when...
...College, William Flowers, 19, was suffocated when a 5-ft.-deep mock grave in which he was lying collapsed. At Georgetown University, a fraternity pledge was hospitalized, according to campus rumor, after he was forced to chug-a-lug glass after glass of "purple Jesus," a potent mix of vodka, rum, grape, orange and lemon juices...
...well as showing the U.S. pet owner as an idiot in a world riddled with starvation, you should present both sides. I have given a home to two abandoned dogs. They don't drink vodka; they don't sit at my table; they have no pedigrees, Marie Antoinette doghouses or caniscopes. In this crazy world-this planet governed by greed, indifference and masochism-I treasure my dogs as the last consistent remnants of love and compassion to grace my life...