Word: pomp
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President Clinton capped two days of pomp and heraldry for Nelson Mandela's first state visit to Washington by pledging just what the South African President came for: a $100 million fund to help the southern African entrepreneurs and bolster education and development projects in the region. The outright gift sweetens a $600 million pot of U.S. loans and assistance already promised to South Africa this year. How much more goodwill can the U.S. afford? Last week the White House also promised a hefty $1 billion to Russia's President Boris Yeltsin...
...Rock West, a movie released earlier this year that deserved a better fate than it got, and Keanu Reeves was passable, though much better than when he played one of the world's most important religious figures in Little Buddha, Bernardo Bertolucci's failed attempt to recapture the pomp and pageantry that won him a Best Picture Oscar for The Last Emperor...
...Russian army finally pulled out of Berlin last week, but the real pomp was reserved for the departure of the U.S., British and French Allied troops today, after a half-century of military presence. "We came to Berlin as occupying forces, we stayed as protecting forces, and we leave as friends," said British Prime Minister John Major, flanked by German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, President Francois Mitterrand of France and Secretary of State Warren Christopher. But crowds were thinner than expected: with so many ceremonies, toasts, speeches and parades to honor Allied and Russian troops in the past two weeks, Berliners...
Sidey covered the Kennedys' initial journey abroad after winning the White House. The trip was to a summit in Vienna. On a stopover in France, the press landed before the President so they could see the First Couple greeted by President Charles de Gaulle. The scene had all the pomp and glamour the media had been anticipating. There had been rain earlier, and the tarmac was glistening; sunlight was starting to cut through the clouds. As Air Force One touched down, the first thing Sidey noticed was that it had a new paint job -- Jackie's work. She had gone...
While his judicial philosophy changed over the years, his personality did not. Amid the pomp and majesty of the court, he remained a modest and unassuming man. He lived with his wife of 53 years, Dottie, in a modest apartment in the unfashionable high-rise canyon of Rosslyn, Virginia, and drove an old blue Volkswagen to work most of his days. His only eccentricity has been his absolute devotion to routine. One egg, toast and coffee every morning at 8 a.m. in the court cafeteria with his clerks; a four-block walk around the building at lunchtime, along with...