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...well-cut dark gray cape, obviously his only self-indulgence, covered a light gray vest and a simple, collarless white shirt. Khomeini showed neither comprehension of nor interest in the brief introduction. There was no handshaking, merely a nod. He sat down, crosslegged, to take the first question???which, as usual, he ignored. Instead, he launched into an unbroken 20-minute monologue. He spoke in a soft voice, difficult to hear even from a foot or two away, and stared steadfastly at the floor all the while. Occasionally, his sensitive hands trembled. The interview was terminated when Khomeini abruptly rose...
During our first talk, on July 9, by tacit agreement we did not press controversial issues to the hilt. Taiwan was mentioned only briefly. But at the next day's session the mood was different. With very few preliminaries Chou recited a fierce litany and closed with a challenging question???whether, given our vast differences, there was any sense in a presidential visit...
...permitted to vote when the credentials question came up? And what would constitute a majority on the question???the 1,509 needed to nominate, or the 1,433 that represented a majority after the contested California delegates were subtracted? If McGovern won on California, he had the nomination. If he lost, Humphrey Aide Max Kampelman said hopefully, "he'll completely lose his momentum. That puts his whole count in question...
...called twilight zone. Then the A.B.M. forces could raise a point of order about what constituted a majority on challenges, thereby bringing O'Brien's ruling to a vote. In that event, all of the 3,016 delegates except those under challenge in South Carolina could vote on the question???making it much more difficult for the McGovern forces to muster the votes they needed. The majority determined by the South Carolina vote would set the rule for California. Said Kampelman: "The twilight zone is us trying to play roulette...
...pair of eyes. There will be more people?as many perhaps as the country can support?and the real question will be not about making more wealth or having more people, but whether the people will then be happier or better." Sixty years later, it is still the real question???for Californians and, inevitably, the rest of the nation...