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...leaders gave speeches--dozens of them. Some condemned apartheid; some bemoaned the escalating arms race; some pleaded for a more efficient, assertive U.N. to deal with the world's woes. Many stepped straight from the General Assembly rostrum to a small room nearby to help TIME Photographer Eddie Adams memorialize the week in an unusual way. One by one, waving his or her national flag, each struck a pose in salute to the U.N.'s 40th birthday. Herewith a selection from that gallery...
...economy has revived after seven lean years and the scary days of SARS. Millions of mainland tourists are streaming across the border. And prices for property, the economy's lifeblood, have zoomed up by more than 30% in the last year. Yet last week, Tung stood at the rostrum of the Legislative Council looking like he'd rather be in the dentist's chair. "We fell short of thinking what people think and addressing people's pressing needs," he confessed, describing the failures of his own government. "These shortcomings and inadequacies have undermined [our] credibility." Near the middle...
...Madame Chiang walked down the aisle of the Senate Chamber. They saw a still face with big dark eyes. They saw a slim, straight figure in a black Chinese gown, with here a tiny splash of jade, there a black sequin's understated sparkle. Madame Chiang stepped to the rostrum ... shot a smile at the Senators, and then, after apologizing for not having a set speech, knocked their silvery blocks off ... When she finished, tough guys were melted. 'Goddam it,' said one grizzled Congressman ... Much-moved listeners probably did not stop to analyze what had pulled at their hearts...
...after two decades of fighting, had routed the American-backed forces of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. As Mao waited, Guo dispatched a comrade to find a piece of red satin and write "Chairman" upon it in gold. That crisis averted, Mao stood on the rostrum above a massive portrait of himself and announced in his peasant brogue, "The central government of the People's Republic of China is established!" "Long live Chairman Mao!" answered the crowd, which began cheering soldiers fresh from battle as they marched in the new country's first military parade. Guo stood behind Mao and wept...
...Bush's unpolished rhetoric and simple delivery, once parodied, have the right pitch for the crisis - at least in the U.S. The President has been able to rally the country from both the rostrum and the rubble pile. Mention this evolution to the Bush team and you'll get howls. He was always thus, they complain: Bush has not suddenly grown talents from scratch; he has merely shifted his focus. When concentrating on specific tasks with identifiable goals, he has always performed well...