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...dozen U.S. officials knew about the agreement, and Carter ordered them to maintain absolute secrecy. The President, during an interview Thursday with ABC's Barbara Walters, gave a deft and disarming response to a question about China. There was no hint that a historic development was imminent...
Normally Reese bamboozles opponents with his deft touch in negotiating the angles of Hemenway. Yesterday, however, the courts were hotter than usual and the heat produced a livelier, bouncier ball. Reese and the rest of the racquetmen therefore had difficulties in making finesse shots die off the side walls but they soon adjusted to the longer rallies...
...researchers explain, when two people stand face to face, the right eye of one studies the left side of the face of the other. The right eye, in turn, is controlled by the left hemisphere of the brain, the half that is less deft at reading images. Thus people may unconsciously mislead one another by presenting a confident or blank public expression on the right side of the face, where it has a strong effect, and by "hiding" strong emotions on the poorly perceived left side...
Again, Moynihan does not want this to be just another set of political memoirs. Yet it is filled with deft and often merciless insights into many of his political adversaries. The most biting remarks are saved for Henry Kissenger. Moynihan finds it in himself to finish by calling him "a good friend," but through the book he provides some of the most acid elucidation of Kissinger's manipulative tactics yet to appear in print. Indeed, if there is one quality that pervades this volume, it is a relish in going on the defensive, something Moynihan readily admits. A good third...
...light shone behind the RPI net again eight minutes later. Breaking down the middle, Jack Hughes slipped a deft pass to Watson, who had only the goalie to beat for his second goal of the young season. The 20-year-old freshman from Brunswick, Me., headfaked right, deked left, and cut sharply to his right before sliding the puck past Harrison to even the score in spectacular fashion...