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...consumption of more goods from Germany and Japan puts a moral burden on those countries to stimulate growth at home. West Germany will not be easily sold by that argument and will contend that the U.S. import trend is only recent and largely technical. "It won't wash," scoffed a top Schmidt aide. "For both economic and psychological reasons, Washington must tighten the U.S. belt on energy." In the end, politics may help save the day. As host and European spokesman, Schmidt will be personally anxious to avoid a failure. And as a state visitor in West Germany...
...they venture out into the city in busloads to storm the few stores where there is anything to buy. The Russians also have a reputation for showing ill-disguised contempt toward Cuba's large black and mulatto population. At a May 5 town meeting in Spokane, Wash., President Carter commented that Soviet adventurism in Africa is doomed to fail because of the Russians' "innate racism." Says one Cuban pointedly: "I object to Carter's use of the word 'innate...
...balcony of what had been our apartment was hung with wash. It had once seemed so high to me, but now I could almost reach it with my fingers. I glanced into the stores. Where were Eli the grocer and his wife, Zeldele? Just as Eli was tall, quick, agile, sharp, and argumentative, Zeldele was small, slow-moving, dull, and good-natured, Zeldele had to be told twice what it was a customer wanted. For her to put out her hand, take a piece of paper, slice off a chunk of cheese and weigh it could take a quarter...
...Force One at Love Field, as the dead President lay aft] ... I saw myself in the mirror, my whole face spattered with blood and hair. I wiped it off with Kleenex. History! I thought, no one really wants me there. Then one second later I thought, why did I wash the blood off? I should have left it there, let them see what they've done. If I'd just had the blood and caked hair when they took the picture ... Then later I said to Bobby-what's the line between history and drama...
...years after organized athletics have failed them, the world of sport can still be theirs. Until 1975, Bravakis' closest encounter with athletics was leading cheers for the high school football team. "All my life, I never did anything," she says. "The only time I went outside was to hang wash." Then her brother organized a local 10,000-meter road race, and she decided to enter. When she managed to complete only half of the course, recalls Bravakis, "I was so disgusted with myself that I started running seriously...