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...difference between Watergate and the sex scandals of Democratic Congressman Wayne Hays, Mrs. Mondale said: "The issue is Watergate or waterbed. The Democrats do it to their secretaries, but the Republicans do it to the country." Today she hides her head in her hands when asked about the slip and says, "It was totally out of character for me-it was naughty...
...Syrians responded with a fierce artillery and rocket barrage from their positions in the Bekaa. As town after town was hit, Palestinian defenders took advantage of the mist and smoke from exploding rounds to slip out of their positions. Arafat himself had nearly been hit earlier when Syrian gunners rained shells and rockets into Aley, a resort town on the Beirut-Damascus highway where the P.L.O. leader was conferring with his military commanders in a luxury villa...
That was certainly evident in the area of foreign policy. On the last leg of Schlesinger's trip, an interpreter made a possibly telling slip by announcing: "We welcome Dr. Kissinger." Startled for a moment, Schlesinger smiled and replied, "He isn't here." It soon became clear, however, that Schlesinger's high-level hosts knew their Washington Who's Who. In Peking, Defense Minister Yeh Chien-ying and Foreign Minister Ch'iao Kuan-hua expressed their scorn for the Secretary of State. They denounced Soviet-U.S. detente as "appeasement" caused by a "Munich mentality...
...first defensive possession, Harvard could also do little although Mother Nature did provide Cornell with a helping hand. On third and three from the Big Red 38, Jim Kubacki slipped while rolling out to his left and the first down attempt failed. Jim Kubacki usually doesn't slip...
...suffered a disappointing 0-0 tie with Tufts after the varsity contest yesterday. Radcliffe could not slip any of its 7 shots into the net. Meanwhile, Dajeen Ashamu stopped the four shots that Tufts offered...