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...believe in the potency of Chinese ideology; you have to be pretty sick to subscribe to it," Pye stated. The world does not look to China for leadership of the social revolution, he continued, "China has made too many mistakes and its bluff has been called too many times...
...upcountry conservative who ran a strong third in the original Democratic primary, had offered to sell his support in the runoff for $500,000. Burns's idea was to discredit Kelly; instead, he got Kelly hopping mad. Attacking the Governor for what he called "the big lie," the bluff country boy took to the backwoods to support Burns's city-boy opponent, Miami Mayor Robert King High, 42. Still trying to undercut Kelly in the outback, Burns then raised the race issue, warning that High would deliver the state into the hands of the "Negro bloc." He urged...
...bluff and bluster, Sukarno was increasingly out of date. Already overruled by Indonesia's new chiefs was the konfrontasi that Bung Karno invented. Last week Foreign Minister Adam Malik, who has the army's backing, agreed to meet in Bangkok with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Razak. Malik's purpose: to end the foolish fight with Malaysia. Though Sukarno angrily advised Malik not to go abroad, Malik seemed set on his course. "The confrontation of the people's stomachs," he said, "is more important than any other confrontation...
Reston is fully as ruthless as he is shrewd. Using a "periphery technique," he accumulates bits of information from various places, then confronts the primary source and tries to bluff the full story out of him. He is said to be the finest bluffer in Washington...
...decline became noticeable in 1947, when, wrote Moran, Churchill seemed to be "living in the past and impatient of change. I could see then that he was sliding, almost imperceptibly, into old age." He appeared hearty enough in the 1951 elections, which returned him to office, but, "behind his bluff, he is eaten up with misgivings. He said that he had a 'muzzy feeling' in his head." Three months later, returning on the Queen Elizabeth from a meeting with President Truman, Moran found Churchill asleep in his cabin. " 'I have been dreaming; it was extremely vivid...