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Their influence has declined in the past 20 years, while the power of sociologists, economists and political scientists has ris en. The author's warmest portrait of success is revealing. It is of Wallace Stevens, a leading American poet who was also a vice president of an insurance company...
...bruising fight. After lunch and a final talk in the White House last week, President Carter cordially thanked his guest for the "very fruitful and constructive relationship" they had had. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, in turn, praised Carter's "friendship, help and candor." The words were the warmest that the two men had spoken publicly about each other during four years of an intensely strained relationship. Said one of Schmidt's aides afterward: "They are probably both glad they won't see each other again...
...young bucks and the slightly older working men and women who stood behind them cared little about Carter's dedication to Social Security or Medicare. In fact, when the presidential entourage emerged into the mid-day sunshine it was Ted Kennedy and not the candidate who received the warmest reception. The most favorite of all New England sons provoked a particularly loud round of cheering by smiling at a banner that admonished, "Ted: Don't Sell Principles For Peanuts...
...reception accorded to Vice President Walter Mondale in China last week scarcely matched the tumultuous welcome given Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping in the U.S. last January, but it was the warmest on record for an American leader. Deng, an honor guard and a brass band were on hand at Peking airport to meet Mondale, his wife Joan and daughter Eleanor, 19, at the start of the seven-day visit. The Chinese were expecting that months of diplomatic courtship on both sides finally would be followed by tangible aid from the U.S. The Vice President did not disappoint them...
Sounds like a very strained jape, doesn't it? Well, it is not. Indeed, this may turn out to be the warmest comedy of the year. For father really loves son, and would do anything to secure his happiness, while Zaza is really a very nice person underneath his plumage and his craziness. The girl has told her parents that her beloved's father is the Italian consul in Nice. Fine, then Zaza will act that role...