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...father's hard experience. One is that he cannot rely on others to be discreet. While Charles was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, the wife of R.A. Butler, a Tory elder statesman and Master of the College, introduced him to Lucia Santa Cruz, the daughter of the Chilean ambassador. When the young pair hit it off, the Butlers boasted that Charles had learned the fine points of physical love from Santa Cruz. Another lesson is that however irresponsible his parents became, they at least gave Wills options and some say in his own life. Charles' upbringing...
Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. and one of the most influential Saudi officials, tells TIME that "Islamic radicals are very, very small, and looked upon in this country as outcasts. Saudi Arabia is probably the strictest country in administering Islamic law as a way of life. Islamic extremists are not a threat to the stability of the country." Meanwhile, Mohammed Mass'ari, a leading Islamic militant in exile in London, says the extreme groups are splintered. "The number is big, dozens if not hundreds," he says, "but the membership in each group is small...
Netanyahu's connections to American conservatives are strong. He is friendly with Jack Kemp and columnists George Will and William Safire. Jeane Kirkpatrick, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under Ronald Reagan, is "like a spiritual mother" to Netanyahu, says an official at a leading American-Jewish organization. Netanyahu's views on foreign policy were formed by his father, who expounded the muscular Revisionist school of Zionism, but associates say American right-wingers reinforced these opinions. A former Likud official recalls that Netanyahu was much impressed by Ronald Reagan's approach to the Soviet Union...
...blurted: "With all due respect, let me suggest to you, I still don't think you get it." ("I was inviting the candidate to slap me down," he recalls. "And I couldn't imagine why he didn't.") And this was his elegant response to an evasive Iraqi diplomat: "Ambassador Hamdoon, I know that you have had another career before you became a diplomat, so perhaps you will take some pity on me. I'm not a diplomat. I don't understand what those phrases mean. Does that mean yes or no?" Reporters might like to post that...
...defend themselves; others, like former baseball executive Al Campanis, were undone by it." If the book lacks larger consideration of Nightline's place in the TV news universe, it does offer a fine appreciation of Koppel's interviewing technique. A highlight: his elegant response to an evasive Iraqi diplomat: "Ambassador Hamdoon, I know that you have had another career before you became a diplomat, so perhaps you will take some pity on me. I'm not a diplomat. I don't understand what those phrases mean. Does that mean yes or no?" Reporters might like to post that...