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...hope that the Turks "will not take any precipitous action." That hope was too late. The Turkish government issued a declaration saying that Ankara's bilateral defense treaties with the U.S. were "no longer valid." Later all but one of the two dozen U.S. military centers on Turkish soil were placed under Turkish control. The only exception was the nuclear-equipped strategic airbase at Incirlik, which the Turks will continue to allow U.S. personnel to run provided its future functions are confined strictly to NATO duties. The suddenness of the Turkish action prompted Ford to issue a statement that...
...same white, suburban liberal mold. This background is important to Agee not only because he wants to tell us what he did as a CIA agent in Latin America; he also wants us to understand why he did it and to agree with him that trees grown on American soil must produce rotten fruit...
...What language would Leonov and Stafford use for the greeting that would be heard round the world? Moscow and Wasinngton solemnly agreed that Stafford would use ins nasal Russian, Leonov ins casual English. Where would the instoric rendezvous occur? The Russians insisted that the linkup should be over Soviet soil, arguing that their ground controllers need "real time" communications with Soyuz during the critical approach and docking maneuvers and could not depend on delayed information relayed via satellites and tracking stations. Citing similar considerations...
...impractical, I replied, Kids would probably chuck pennies down on the cars--like from on top of the Empire State Building--causing certain havoc. Fred agreed and abandoned his scheme, but the further we drove, the more the language seemed pregnant with his notion. The road grew from the soil, was entrenched in it and ever spawned by it. The countryside was a vast shoulder to run on to when fatigue became insistent, and the miles only brought darkness and more miles and heavy air and weighted silences til finally we were entrenched in America and swimming through its four...
...Russia possibly offer American audiences? The Bolshoi Opera, for one. Though in recent years the Bolshoi has visited Osaka, Tokyo, Montreal, Paris and Milan, it was not until last week at New York's Metropolitan Opera that the company set foot, props and double bass pins on U.S. soil. Bolshoi means big, and the opera company is nothing if not bolshoi...