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...scene was rich with possibility. In the front row of the Caracas theater where Venezuela's newly elected President Carlos Andres Perez would be inaugurated sat U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle, neophyte diplomat, basher of Communism and self-described "cheerleader" for democracy. A mere six seats to Quayle's right sat Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the bearded antithesis of everything Quayle stands for. Was a confrontation reminiscent of Richard Nixon's 1959 Moscow "kitchen debate" with Nikita Khrushchev in the offing...
Quayle might be excused for feeling a bit frustrated by the focus on his looks. Well aware of his image as a lightweight, he carefully prepped for his first solo mission as a diplomat, a three-day, largely ceremonial trip to Venezuela and El Salvador. Still, the Vice President's handlers were nervous about a possible blunder. When the chartered plane that was to carry nearly 50 reporters along on the trip was abruptly canceled, there were suspicions that the idea was to limit press coverage...
...poses the threat of diluting the special relationship between Beijing and Washington dating from 1971. Yet almost no observers fear a return of the Sino-Soviet axis that provoked near paranoia in the 1950s. The Bush Administration "is relaxed" about a rapprochement between the Communist giants, said a U.S. diplomat. Most experts feel the advantages could outweigh the dangers (see following story...
...crowd cheering when George Polsky, Frank Huerta, John Masland and Seth Handy battled and beat their Diplomat opponents in a series of intense and successful matches. Handy toyed with the sounds of Diplomat-ic silence, losing his first two games, and then squeezing out of a tie-breaker to win the last game...
Having learned the way of the Diplomat, the team then undiplomatically shook the Quakers' record, storming...