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...Shanghai on his way back to Peking, his residence in exile since 1970. There, in the guesthouse that Richard Nixon had occupied two weeks earlier, Sihanouk granted an interview to TIME Correspondent Jerrold Schecter. "You can write," said the Prince, as he offered Schecter hors d'oeuvres of duck and roast pork with his chopsticks, "that you were served by a royal, anti-imperialistic head of state." His chief points...
...Meara, who scarcely wrinkled his Donald Duck bandito T-shirt while putting away Barry, was considered "a tough bastard, real tough" at Boston Latin. But Gauthier, one of the more rugged members of the freshman hockey team, "usually hits what he aims at," according to Barry...
Then amid platters of duck, sweet and sour carp, braised pork, dumplings, cabbage and mushrooms, beer and port wine, the mood softens. Toasts are offered with fiery 140-proof mao-tai, and the conversation turns to the philosophy of war and military strategy. How has Chinese nuclear strategy changed in the last three years? Keng does not reply. The nonresponse may confirm that there has been a fierce debate and struggle between those in the military who would push to produce a modern technical army with nuclear weapons and those who would follow the wisdom of Chairman Mao and retain...
...influence on their first project, Freddy King Getting Ready (Shelter), is a healthy combination of supervision and modesty. Co-produced by Russell and Don Nix, the album offers an excellent selection of material and powerful interplay between King's biting lead guitar and vocals, Russell's distinctive piano, and Duck Dunn's bass. Freddy King's licks have been compared to those of the other two Kings, B.B. and Albert (no relation), but he has a versatility and rock empathy which cuts the other two to bits. A second lp by Russell and King, recorded live at the Armadillo World...
Local rent control was ended December 29 at a stormy lame-duck meeting of the old City Council...