Prague
“Oh yes indeed, the local English thing. Envy you. I could tell you were a journo. First post? Getting to understand the country? That's the way." Ted Winston clinked his glass twice with a black plastic stirrer, then clicked his tongue and pointed the stirrer at the thickly mustached, muscular, black-vested, and bow-tied Magyar who was lazily wiping condensation rings off the bar. As his glass was refilled, Winston demanded of John, "Describe this country to me in sixty words or less." "Sixty w...ords or less?" "Good training. What you're here for." John clinked his own glass twice and clicked his tongue, but his magic fiz- zled. "The girls are pretty. How many is that, the-girls-are-pretty: four? So, then another fifty-six words..." "You're joking, okay, I appreciate that. I like a sense of humor. This is good," Ted Winston said. "But here's something I learned when I was about your age, Price. I learned this from Chou En-lai, the Chinese premier. I was green, Price, green green. I'd seen a bit of the 'Nam, but I was still young.MoreLess
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