An unexpected explanation of the recent frenzied Russian behavior this week burst from the lips of Andrei Vishinsky.
The Russian delegate, angered by some remark of Britain's Hector McNeil, screamed: "You have hallucinations! You have nightmares!" Then he offered McNeil some medical advice: "Why don't you take some adrenalin or other medicine to calm your nerves?"
Adrenalin, a powerful stimulant, quiets no nerves. But perhaps, U.N. observers speculated, Vishinsky and friends have been reaching for the adrenalin instead of the bromide.
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