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Together with 45 other Soviets and 125 Americans, Grechko was spending a summer week "steamboatin' " down the Mississippi River, from St. Paul to St. Louis, on the legendary Delta Queen. Stopping daily at towns along the way, the first ever "Mississippi Peace Cruise" brought the "evil empire" to America's heartland, and the heartland, curious and honored but not intimidated, opened its arms in welcome...
...Delta Queen came to Red Wing the first night out from St. Paul; no stop was scheduled, but a hopeful crowd, some of them sporting handmade posters, had gathered at a nearby lock. When Grechko saw them, he couldn't resist their enthusiasm. As the paddle-wheel steamboat rested in the lock, he climbed across from a starboard deck onto the concrete bank and began shaking hands, accepting pats on the back and handing out small mementos from the Soviet Union, mostly pins and buttons that called for universal peace and an end to the arms race, mostly in Russian...
...century, but she keeps up with it just fine. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, far and away Britain's favorite royal, carries out a daunting round of official duties, and just because she turned 86 last week was no reason for slowing down: two art exhibitions, a concert and a conservation group were on her birthday-week itinerary. So was an appearance on the porch of Clarence House, her London residence, with her daughters, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, and two of her grandsons, accompanied by their wives (Prince Charles with the Princess of Wales and the new Duke...
...international peace conference. Bush did not bring his film crew to Jordan, suggesting to some that he holds the potential Jordanian vote in the U.S. in low regard. Nonetheless, on arrival in Amman, Bush and his wife Barbara enjoyed a dinner with the King and his American-born wife, Queen Noor. Said a Bush aide: "They got along like back-porch neighbors." After a sojourn at the King's palace on the Gulf of Aqaba, Bush was scheduled to go on to Cairo for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...
...informality could not be kept down. After the 240-lb., five-decker cake had been cut at the palace, the couple went out again into the streets, riding through the brilliant afternoon in an open landau. As the irrepressible Prince William ran toward the carriage, an unusually fleet- footed Queen hurried to retrieve him. Meanwhile, on their joyride, the couple's unlikely chaperone was a gift from the royal family, a four-foot-tall teddy bear. At the back of their carriage, under a home made replica of a satellite dish, was a message that advised, PHONE HOME...