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...poor can be forgotten in the name of remembering the protestant work ethic, then pluralism can be forgotten in the name of returning to our puritan roots. Private values, he told us last night, are at the root of public policy...
...immediately. First the production's entire supply of wigs was lost for 3 1/2 weeks. The crew found Soviet accommodations to be spartan, transportation unreliable and toilet paper rough. "I had a miserable time," says Omar Sharif, who plays one of Peter's advisers. Bored with meals of beet-root salads, chicken and potatoes, Sharif took a trip to Paris and brought back cans of tuna, which he ate at night alone in his room...
...overall design. The Secretary is a devoted incrementalist. He cannot and does not claim any major breakthroughs, but says that during his tenure the U.S. has developed a consistency in its handling of relations with the Soviets, eased tensions with European allies and seen more democratic governments take root in Central America. Progress, he believes, can be made only by a kind of patient chipping away at encrusted differences rather than by bold strokes. Shultz's own metaphor is of a gardener planting seeds, and though once thought likely to retire at the end of Reagan's first term...
...tragedy has its root, after all, and usually the root is of a loving origin. America did not grieve over the destruction of a $1.2 billion tinkertoy, nor did it deign to inappropriately question the uncontested brilliance of the men and women of NASA. America found agony in the immolation of seven remarkable individuals. Who had families just like ours. And dreams every bit as heroic. And the fatal duty of playing pioneer to a frontier no more or less forgiving than the ones we face every day of our lives...
...just a few days ago in Studio City, Calif., Horace Albright heard from another President: "I understand that your work describes how the National Park idea took strong root, blossoming not only into one of America's greatest achievements but also one of our finest contributions to the entire world." The cable was signed Ronald Reagan...