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...everyone. Burke, who had come dressed for an execution, looked out of place at a coronation, but he made the best of it. "He'll be down to make a statement as soon as Michael concedes," Burke called out to no one in particular. "Eddie feels it's proper protocol for Michael to concede first before he says anything." All those first names, the concern with protocol--this was hardly the lockerroom talk you'd expect from the staff of a football player with a reputation for late hits. But then, neither was all that stuff about Dukakis conceding, especially...
...that matter, Washington also has long been disillusioned with CENTO. Henry Kissinger used to regard his yearly visits to CENTO ministerial meetings as little more than nuisances of protocol, redeemed only by the opportunity to discuss Cyprus with the Turks. An American diplomat stationed in the region dismisses the alliance as "little more than a symbol, and not a very shining one at that." His colleagues joke grimly that the telecommunication system linking Ankara, Tehran and Rawalpindi, installed by the U.S. in 1964, is so often out of order that phone calls are frequently routed from Tehran to Pakistan...
...immediately as Acting President for 90 days. The public reaction seemed curiously muted, in part because any discussion of the presidential succession had long been regarded as treasonable. But more than that, there was a sense of uncertainty at every level. Government officials discreetly asked friendly embassies about the protocol for a state funeral. As a shy domestic servant explained the sudden loss, "It's like going on a ship from the shore; you don't know what is out there. And you know, I have never been on a ship...
...virtual snap election of less than 36 hours, John XXIII in five days, Paul in less than 48 hours. Though anything is possible, no comparable speed is expected this time ? unless the weather plays a persuasive role. Even in the wilting heat and humidity of Rome in August, protocol demands that the Cardinals don violet cassocks topped with woolen capes. Their temporary living quarters (or "cells") in the Apostolic Palace during the conclave lack air conditioning. Says one prelate: "Perhaps the heat will combine with divine revelation to help them reach a decision quickly...
...June as a Soviet scientist handed him a paper on a seemingly harmless topic, parapsychology. During four menacing interrogations, Toth was repeatedly asked about his meetings with Shcharansky; he strongly denied receiving any sensitive scientific material from Shcharansky. Before his release from prison, Toth was obliged to sign a protocol, or transcript of his interrogation, whose accuracy he could not verify because it was written in Russian. Last week the protocol was produced in court as evidence that Shcharansky had passed defense secrets to Toth...