European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Julia Safire sunday july the stars and St types Minuti Revol r do lawyers the j f Musit wills end or leases caution let or or i title and interest and All the Resi to and remainder of Legal or chasms to the Law is As i say it replied John chief Justice of the Kings Bench in we have several set i forms which arc held As and so held used for Good though we cannot at present remember that for More than five have lawyers Kepi and maintained their special cant and Slang such legalese con uses making lawyers More Nec which be Why some shun and avoid the new and comes now Peter an Man from with a Revo Liliuo Hayywh  bathhouses Mojie state and awaits Only Hugh signature to final tie Bill would require All leases those Agate Type written instruments Long out of tune to be Wrilen in nontechnical uti Guage and in a Clear Anco Gierent Tara if using words and everyday Leon Iraq Eaker Brezhnev impedes True detente june Leonid Brezhnev was unanimously elected president of the soviet june the Day Eisenhower crossed the Channel in 1944 and launched the final assault on hitlers no longer observed in the will now become significant in the the communists have an old fashioned habit of remembering their Victory Stalin and Khrushchev held two party Secretary and or the first Brezhnev is both party Secre tary and formerly the 3 Slot in the leadership Why did Brezhnev want to be and what does this portend Nikolai pod the deposed had just visited the african soviet where he had been accorded honors As chief of Brezhnev planned frequent Early visits including France recently com West Italy and probably the since Western and inter National custom recognizes the Primacy of presidents More than party Brezhnev correctly divined that he would have More prestige on these foreign visits if he held the title of be evidently relished the i gun Salute he received imparts As president of the Brezhnev has the same taste for Power a Uganda Idi although he docs show a More restrained Demon stration of his greedy in Brezhnev spent much of his time and concern warning the that its in Wilence on human rights jeopardized it is quite Clear that detente with the still has High priority lit the Krem this is thus has resulted in continued unilateral disarmament in the despite the continuing buildup of soviet armed it has led columns and comments achieved most of our objectives a Western we will have improved our econ and a decisive shift in the correlation of forces will be such come we will be Able to extend our will wherever we Brezhnev Rebuff of president Carters Salt ii plus the continuing soviet arms arc Clear signals that there has been no recent change in Krem Lin policy More favourable to the has merely tightened up com Mand and established his authority to make instant military decisions and cleared the decks for to the Sale or Gitt of much of our technology to the along with has caused the to impair its surveil Lance of the soviet spy system in this coun the Kab now Bas More agents than which operate at will in this because of left Wing attacks our this combination of Kremlin agents and leftists is now engaged in an aggressive propaganda Campaign to have us re Lieve Russia of its cuban As to Brezhnev views on let him speak for he told a Warsaw pact we Are achieving with what our predecessors have been unable to achieve using the mailed we have been Able to accomplish More in a Short time with Detent than was done for years pursuing a Confron tinn policy nato Trust for by As a consequence of what we Are now achieving with we will have i whats this a Radical assault on heres sary precision to some a lease without a whereas is like a complaint with out a a null without a before lovers of Plain English climb their White it is tit and proper we heed and care for the attorneys who love their bid language and urge reformers b cease and some Legal including 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