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...People moving in are very work-oriented, job-oriented, career-oriented," says Geneva P. Malefant, the vice president of the Cambridge Civic Association. "People think it's just one more thing that they have to spend time on when they don't have any more time...
Nane calls his compassion "part of his core. In Swedish we have a word--'cast whole.' That is him." The two met in Geneva. It was, she says, a thunderbolt when she saw him at a friend's party. Their marriage--16 years now--was a second marriage for both. He has two children, a son and a daughter, from his first. It is impossible if you are standing nearby to miss their deep affection. Stories of their romance charm New York's social world. Annan's friend Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., recalls a gala where...
...married into muskie fishing. My father-in-law, Judge David Brind of Geneva, N.Y., has been coming up here to Elephant Lake, in Ontario's Haliburton Highlands, for 39 years, staying at Bill and Sandy Smith's Elephant Lake Lodge and catching, over the years, hundreds of muskies, which he almost invariably has released. I' ve been tagging along since the mid-'90s, and have caught half a dozen muskies in that time (all released). The biggest I ever had on the line - about four feet long, as the judge, who was manning the net, will attest - was almost...
...riddle. Austere, he neither smoked nor drank. He would summon aides at all hours to discuss an issue, then closet himself for days before abruptly announcing a decision. He never came to America; from Nixon to Clinton, they either traveled the road to Damascus or met him in neutral Geneva. They worried about elections and deadlines; a dictator, he never worried about the clock ticking. He was legendary for his marathon negotiating sessions and infuriating intransigence. But it was his actions that so befuddled American leaders. Syria helped lead the 1973 Yom Kippur War against Israel; in 1976, it marched...
...pace. White House insiders spent much of this past year privately speculating that Assad wouldn't pass up the chance to pull off a deal before Clinton left office. But in recent months he seemed willing to do just that, most notably snubbing the President during a hastily convened Geneva meeting in March. Clinton arrived at the meeting full of hope. He left--as so many negotiators have over the years--reminded that Assad's 30 years in power had made him one of the world's sharpest and most patient negotiators. Besides, American diplomats offered by way of excuse...