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Time was, the U.S. would have been a cinch on any course in the world. At Royal Birkdale in 1969, England's Tony Jacklin, this year's defending captain, had a short but missable putt on the 18th hole for a final tie so implausible that in a hallmark of sportsmanship, Nicklaus gave it to him. "After years of Britain's never winning," Nicklaus recalls, "the spirit of the match, international goodwill, was all that really mattered...
...Award for his portrayal of Salieri in Amadeus but is best-known in his native England as one in a four-centuries-long succession of Shakespearean actors that includes Richard Burbage (the first Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello), Sir John Gielgud and Paul Scofield. The players constitute something of a royal house--or at least are knighted pretty often...
Like his father, Mswati generally remains aloof from commoners. He exercises his power largely through private audiences given at Elusaseni, the royal capital, a traditional Swazi village of thatched huts about 15 miles from Mbabane. Flanked by advisers, Mswati listens to local disputes and hands out royal counsel on property questions and other matters. He appears in public only on such national holidays as his birthday, April 19, and to receive state visitors. Britain's Prince Charles dropped by for a chat in March...
...smaller country's principal trading partner and its sole supplier of oil, gasoline, electricity and most consumer goods. In exchange for South African economic cooperation, Swaziland has closely policed the activities of antiapartheid African National Congress militants within its borders. A few weeks ago Mswati met at the royal residence with South Africa's Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha, who had been a close friend of the King's father, to discuss a continuation of those ties...
When the late King Sobhuza was angry, his subjects used to say, "The lion is aroused." According to royal aides, Mswati likewise displays a natural imperiousness. Several advisers who have seen the young King in high dudgeon have given him the sobriquet "Fire Eyes." Like his father, Mswati is clearly determined to have a king-size family. He has three wives already, and at this week's annual reed-dance ceremony, in which Swazi maidens take part in a topless parade, he may be induced to choose a fourth...