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...Gorbachev theatrically swept off his black fedora. Reagan came down and grasped the hand of his rival with a firm handshake seen around the world. As both men smiled broadly, the American President, 20 years older and four inches taller than his Kremlin opposite, gently steered his guest inside...
...regime's founder, the late Josip Broz Tito. In 1950, Tito began to create "different forms of socialism" for his Communist nation. In his plan, the country would openly look to the West for trade and inspiration. Today, 800,000 Yugoslavs live in Western Europe, mostly West Germany, as guest workers, while their countrymen are also free to travel to the West, and openly aspire to a Western style of living. Says Zoran Mandic, 23, a clerk in a Belgrade bookstore: "Compared to the Bulgarians and the Poles, I am doing very well...
They provided a convenient time to work on his journals, notes and thoughts about decades of travel, editing, guest teaching, committee work, freelancing and generally keeping up with friends and the literary network on both sides of the Atlantic. The impression left is of a benevolent man who dolefully plays his role as a cultural emissary. He has the appropriate lean aristocratic looks, a title (Sir Stephen since 1982) and a long list of awards and honorary posts, including a term as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress. It is not hard to imagine his audiences of college students...
...party, Maimonides counsels, "Strive for moderation in all character traits . . . except for seeking honor, where the pious choose complete abstinence." The guest of honor would surely have stayed home. Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, Editor Jewish Observer New York City...
...Teamsters was one of the few unions to support Reagan in the 1980 election. After Reagan won, Presser was made a consultant on union matters to the President-elect's transition team. He was a guest at the White House in 1983 when he met with Ed Meese, then a Reagan aide and now the Attorney General. After the 1984 election, Reagan and Meese visited Presser to thank him for his support...