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...sumptuous lounge at Riyadh International Airport last week and awaited their royal guests. One by one, special jetliners landed, carrying the rulers of the five Persian Gulf nations that, along with Saudi Arabia, constitute the Gulf Cooperation Council (G.C.C.).* Fahd and Abdullah emerged onto the shimmering tarmac to greet each arriving sheik and sultan, then escorted him in to meet the King. While white-robed Saudi national guardsmen, armed with machine guns and golden daggers, looked on, the rulers exchanged embraces and sipped cups of hot, aromatic coffee before being whisked off by limousines to their luxurious suites...
...apart so López Portillo could welcome them individually. Heat hung over the airport like a suffocating cloud; the temperature on the tarmac approached 100°. Dressed in long-sleeved uniforms with helmets and combat boots, several hundred presidential guardsmen stood on the steaming runway all day to greet the dignitaries. One young private, spying a reporter with an arrival schedule, pleaded, "When is the last one, please?" When Air Force One landed, Reagan greeted López Portillo with a warm abrazo. The pair stood at attention as each one's national anthem was played and howitzers...
...Moon freely returned to this country to face charges; on first appearing in the courtroom, he strode confidently to shake hands with his accusers and then turned to greet the press and spectators. After the proceedings, he addressed a rally of 2500 Church members and friends outside, stating his respect for America and trust in judicial due process. The attitude expressed by Rev. Moon himself runs counter to the formation of fortress mentality and may instead become a paradigm for working within the system as the future mode of the Unification religious community...
McGovern always wanted to seem like an outsider, a fresh face. But that was image-building: after all, George McGovern is very much a veteran politician. It is therefore a bit surprising that he doesn't greet you with standard politician's etiquette--no slap on the back, no patronizing compliment for your home state. He just shakes your hand firmly, his youngish face breaking into the familiar half-moon smile, and asks, with genuine interest, what's on your mind...
There was yet another inning of sand-lot summetry, Plains, Ga.-style last week, when Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, 68, dropped in on former President Jimmy Carter, 56, and his wife Rosalynn, 54. There to greet his arrival was a crowd of some 1,500, many of them children in yarmulkes, shouting "Shalom!" Begin and Carter seemed outwardly cordial, despite past frustrations over their differences. Said Joel Arnon, Israeli consul general in Atlanta: "They are two strong personalities who both believe they have a direct line...