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...bombs do not inspire him to poetry. Indeed, there was precious little "war poetry" from World War II. Calder lets World War I Poet Robert Graves explain why: the soldier "cannot feel that his rendezvous with death is more certain than that of his Aunt Fanny, the fire-watcher...
Woolworth's will sell you four golden-oldie 45's (like "Girl Watcher" by the OKaysions, "Forget Me Not" by Martha and the Vandelas, "To Know You Is To Love You" by Bobby Vinton, and "I'm Wondering" by Stevie Wonder) for $1.01. They're regularly three for a dollar. At Reading International, you can get a Xerox for a nickel, Xerox for a nickel, Xerox for a nickel, Xerox for a nickel...
...Warbler of Watergate" [Dec. 5], as any political bird watcher knows, is not a warbler, but a silver-crested lib thrasher (Cranius vacantus) who mates with the now famous red. white and blue American bald eagle (Juris patriotus). The thrasher is often confused with the Communist-eating hawk (Victus eternus), but differs in its diet, for the thrasher thrives on yellow-bellied land snatchers and pink-tufted dissenters (Marxis militanus). The thrasher is a close relative of the Baltimore hatchet wielder (Agnewus intim-idalus) and the rednecked robin (Thur-mondus segregatus), until recently thought to be extinct...
Guarded Forecasts. Both sides have topflight delegations. The six-man Soviet team is led by Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Semyonov, 58, the No. 3 man in the Soviet foreign office. His chief political aide is Georgy Kornienko, a Russian "America watcher." The others are scientists and generals. In view of the Soviet fetish for secrecy, the appearance of technicians in Helsinki was taken by some Westerners as an indication that the Kremlin plans to bargain seriously...
...Soviet Union has suggested that American withdrawal would greatly improve U.S.-Russian relations. Says Yuri Arbatov, of the Soviet Academy of Science's Institute of American Studies, Russia's leading America watcher: "I feel that the U.S. is a strong enough country to undertake such a step. Of course, it would hardly be seen as a U.S. victory, but it would be interpreted as an act of political wisdom and boldness." The Russians indicate that while U.S. withdrawal is not a precondition for starting disarmament talks, it would certainly help...