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...loom for a monarchy that still figures centrally in the British psyche and way of life. But if the monarchy is to survive and thrive in the new millennium, it will be because it has listened to its subjects and responded, not with mere tactical concessions--a waiving of protocol here, a letting slip of the mask there--but with the courage to think and act strategically...
...with her marriage. But somehow the nationwide outpouring of sentiment has made this somber event more than the usual pomp and circumstance. The Union Jack is flying half-mast at Buckingham Palace for the first time in the history of the monarchy ? a triumph of public pressure over traditional protocol. Neither President Clinton nor President Chirac are attending, but that doesn't matter to the estimated two million Britons who lined the route of the cortege in London...
...what constitutes "adultery" and whether the DOD has a consistent policy that applies equally to women and men, generals with four stars and those with only three, friends of the Secretary of Defense and those who have not yet had the pleasure of meeting him. Herewith, then, the protocol for adultery detection and punishment, to be posted immediately at all bases and implemented without regard to the suspected adulterer's sex, rank or likelihood of being appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...money to Democrats through a cast of Asian Americans. The panel had tried on its own to set up missions to four countries by going from embassy to embassy in Washington. But foreign governments insisted on working out approval for this through the State Department--a basic piece of protocol that Thompson finally acceded...
...open his day with a small senior staff meeting of just a few aides in his personal office. Albright moved the meeting into a larger conference room, telling the participants that she preferred to avoid the bureaucracy and go to staffers directly. In fact, her disregard for normal protocol was well-known at the State Department because as U.N. ambassador she frequently called desk officers directly to ask for specific information on foreign countries...