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...your average diplomat. As the current U.N. Security Council so plainly put it in a statement, "He played a major role in saving the world from a nuclear disaster." Dobrynin, who worked with six American Presidents as the Soviet ambassador to the U.S., took on that position in 1962. Almost immediately, he was involved in negotiations with the Kennedy brothers to defuse the Cuban missile crisis. Originally an engineer, Dobrynin was ambassador for 24 Cold War years; altogether his storied diplomatic career lasted more than 40 years. While serving as an ambassador for Soviet leaders from Khrushchev to Gorbachev, Dobrynin...
...walks, she looks like the perfect anachronism, a remnant of another era—she’s completely unconnected to the old Agassiz Theater around her, existing somewhere in between the character she plays and her role in the real world. That is, until she almost bumps into an admissions employee in the hallway. “That’s the problem with sharing a theater with the admissions office,” she says...
Howell’s office in Adams seems almost designed for meditation; there is plenty of open space, a high ceiling, and large windows. It is decorated in pale earth tones and furnished with comfortable couches. She has a warm, open demeanor and speaks with the comforting cadence of a therapist...
...paradox is clear enough: Even though skies were clear over London and almost all civilian test flights seemed to have gone swimmingly, European skies remained closed for days on end, stranding thousands and disrupting all plans. Why? Because the models run by European regulators said it wasn’t safe...
Smider is not your average marathoner. A lifetime recreational runner, he trained for this ultramarathon for three months, whereas most marathoners train for almost six months. Smider began his run Sunday afternoon at the marathon’s finish line, repeating the course four times. During the race he consumed several gallons of fluids and wore through three pairs of shoes and 10 pairs of socks...