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...Falkman, inquisitiveness has been the key to good diplomacy. "The ideal diplomat is the person who is curious about foreign countries and who is attentive to the world around him and at the same time represents his own country's interests...
That is idea number two here, and it helps explain the curious results on the Massachusetts referenda questions: pro-abortion, anti-seat belt law, and anti-write-in voter registration. Twenty years ago, an abortion was a badge of shame. Now most potential Democratic voters have probably had some exposure to the abortion dilemma in their own experience or that of their friends. Abortion as an option has virtually become a shared value and a solid majority of Massachusetts voters do not want to deny that choice to low-income people. But the only ideas that tie those results together...
...Grant's freshman year roommates, Paul Felix '87, says that Grant had no problems adjusting. "Nothing took him by surprise. He was eager to dive in and liked the urban surroundings," Felix says. He adds that Grant was not too curious about what went on in high school, and he did not seem to think he missed out on anything...
Submitted for your approval...Eleven American Literary Tricks and Treats, sure to see you safely through from midnight to dawn. So throw open the curtains to the pitching wind, shut the door tight to any curious visitor, and tuck that cover up firmly about your neck. And no caffeine allowed, in this Halloween challenge. It'll only make your hands shake and tremble all the more...and in the end such stimulants simply won't be needed...
...Japan that was agreeable to other U.S. officials but that did nothing to avert the use of the Bomb. Bohlen, a career man in the Foreign Service, was instrumental in getting the views of his lifelong friend and fellow Ambassador to Moscow George Kennan accepted in Washington. "A curious blend of arrogance and insecurity, haughtiness and self-pity" is how Isaacson and Thomas describe Kennan. Yet they have no doubts about his unmatched foresight. He predicted the Sino- Soviet split and accurately saw that Russia would continue to be a threat because "its perverse paranoia and historical expansionism had been...