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Only at the White House was the announcement greeted with unguarded praise. Kissinger was unabashedly delighted; President Nixon, who might have hoped to win it himself, said that the award gave "deserved recognition to the art of negotiation itself in the process of ending a war and laying the groundwork for peace." Hanoi, however, was resoundingly silent, lending substance to rumors that Tho would not accept the prize...
Perdue said that he was fascinated by the Vietnamese people's values, life style and mystical religion. He claimed it transformed his life, and he became disgusted with Western "consumerism and role-playing." His stay in Southeast Asia laid the groundwork for his present research on environmental balance, particularly in the ocean...
With this groundwork, Mailer allows that everything about her was possible and proceeds to include, well, just about everything...
...holding down prices for processed foods while permitting the cost of raw farm produce to rise, the freeze has laid the groundwork for shortages later this year. Faced with soaring prices for feed, farmers killed baby chicks, sows and milk cows. Unable to earn a profit, meatpackers closed down, and food processors slowed production. Beef production could drop 2% this year; earlier it had been expected to rise 3.5%. Pork production is likely to dip by 3%, and output of broiler chickens is running 1.5% behind last year's pace. Says Don Paarlberg, chief economist of the Agriculture Department...
Many Western diplomats wish they knew. Some think that Moscow may still be playing a cold war game, only with more patience and subtlety. By creating a false sense of security through the conference, this theory goes, the Soviet Union could lay the groundwork for its future domination of Western Europe. NATO Secretary-General Joseph Luns says bluntly: "The Russians are trying to diminish the American presence in Europe, and eventually completely end it, by this conference...