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...Boris Yeltsin in Russia and Poland's Lech Walesa were heroes in opposition, but in power have revealed feet of clay. Deng Xiaoping in China is on his last legs, with no sign so far that anyone of comparable vision will succeed him. Felipe Gonzalez, the boy wonder of Spain a decade ago, barely squeaked by in national elections last month and is still struggling to form a minority government. In New Delhi a press commentary calls P.V. Narasimha Rao "the Prime Muddler of India...
...October 1986 she met her fate at a reception given for Spain's Princess Elena in Tokyo. It was a typical ceremonial trade-off: young women were invited to amuse the pretty Spanish royal and also to be reviewed by the bachelor crown prince. Naruhito liked Masako-san at once. Shigemitsu Dando, a former Supreme Court justice and longtime adviser to the imperial household, confided to his diary that "she was very graceful but also cheery and ! outgoing." Four meetings were arranged, and the imperial watchdogs began a routine background check over three generations...
While the whole world is watching to see how she pulls off her expanded ( role, she is also responsible for the traditional duties of a First Lady. Ceremonial events, like dinner for the country's Governors or tea with the King and Queen of Spain, don't stop because there is a deadline on managed competition. Paint chips and fabric swatches also fall under her jurisdiction. She is redecorating the private quarters to suit her informal style, which favors quilts and rocking chairs. She has already moved a table and white wicker chairs into the kitchen upstairs so that...
...King, a graduate of Spain's Universidad Complutense and its honorary president, spoke at the dedication of the university's Royal Complutense College at Harvard...
...college is designed to foster student and faculty exchange programs between the two universities, aimed primarily at post-graduates. Located at 26 Trowbridge Street, it will also sponsor summer grants for Harvard students researching topics related to Spain, according to a press release...