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...appeared nervous and ill at ease. When he entered Finlandia Hall's blue-and-white main auditorium, he looked so diffident that some onlookers mistook him for a diplomatic aide. One who did not make that error was Shultz, who strode purposefully from his front-row seat to shake hands with the Foreign Minister and introduce himself. When a journalist asked Shevardnadze to stop and answer questions, the Foreign Minister shrugged, grinned and replied, "They won't let me," apparently a reference to his aides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: Taking the First Step | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...unoccupied château made available by the Swiss government. Advancemen have arranged for Gorbachev to be driven to the back of the house just before 10 a.m. Reagan will be waiting on a flight of gray stone steps leading to the rear portico, hand outstretched for a historic shake. After a brief get-acquainted session, the President and General Secretary, each accompanied by seven aides and a translator, will confer until noon, return to their residences for lunch, and meet again from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. To accommodate the parties, the U.S. has shipped to Geneva...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geneva:The Whole World Will Be Watching | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...things off they played some Fens faves like "Sweet Caroline." Then the rings were bore in from left field by wounded members of the military-real heroes, not the baseball kind. Later, after receiving his ring, Trot Nixon would make sure to go down the line in right and shake the hand of each of these men and women-one of the many small grace notes you could pick up on this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Our Red Sox,' Still? | 4/16/2005 | See Source »

...weapon--"weaponize is the term." A bomb must be "buildable, reliable and robust. If one little thing jiggles, it can't quit working." Design is as far as she goes. "You design it, you field it, you sit there with sweaty palms and wait for the ground to shake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the Physicist Saw: A New World, A Mystic World | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Similarly, the team will try to shake off its winter residue in time for the Ivy League championships. They’re as major as they...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Golf Takes 12th at Yale's Spring Opener | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

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