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...could not suppress a somewhat derisive grin when I found President Ford with his dirty shoes resting on the desk at the White House. To us Orientals, any desk is meant for reading and writing and not for putting shoes on, no matter how spick-and-span they may be. I am horrified to imagine what the new U.S. President will do in his office next. Please ask him not to chew gum while deciding the fate of nations...
...unobtrusive Houston banker named Joe L. (for Lewis) Allbritton listened quietly while a French Cabinet Minister told the story of how a rich Texan had bought a bank in Luxembourg for $5 million, cash in hand. When the Frenchman finished his tale, Allbritton spoke up with a grin: "I heard about that, and I know the fella involved...
...game, and was lifted by Luftwaffe helicopter to the playing field. When he got to his hotel in Munich for the finals, there was a call waiting for him from Elizabeth Taylor. "She wanted to get a briefing on the European Security Conference," he said, the old Kissinger grin growing wide above his chins...
...faculty at Pomona College and entered politics as a state assemblyman in 1960. In three two-year terms Flournoy allied himself with the liberal Republican minority. He never became part of the dominant Reagan faction, even after winning the controller's post in 1966. Flournoy's amiable grin and easy manner are assets, but even well-wishers acknowledge that his performance as a candidate has been bland. His aides attempted to make that a virtue, emphasizing his insistence on spending Sundays at home with his blonde wife Midge and their three children. But Flournoy was helped most...
...knocked Fulbright out of the Senate is a handsome, affable six-footer with a smile that makes voters grin back. Son of a Charleston merchant, Bumpers was always ambitious, but until 1970 he had achieved, besides a country law practice, only a seat on the local school board and the post of town attorney. The latter job came easily; he was Charleston's only lawyer...