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Such debates take up much of the South African Parliament's time. Once a government minister declared that it was scandalous that so many whites shook hands with Africans, said that Africans would prefer to be greeted in the traditional native way-an upraised hand with no pressing of the flesh. Out went government directives ordering traditional greetings to replace handshakes. The orders were quickly countermanded, however, when an opposition M.P. gleefully announced, after boning up on traditionalist lore, that if the greeting were employed, a white woman meeting a black man would have to kneel down and kiss...
...black family limousine rolled up to the White House portal, and a tanned Mamie Eisenhower, in a mottled print dress, alighted for her first homecoming in a year and a day. "Hello, Bruce," said the former First Lady to the doorman. She hailed a covey of capital newspaperwomen, then shook hands with her hostess Jackie, ashimmer in a green shantung sheath. After a peek at the refurbished Red Room, Mamie sat down in the Oval Room over raspberry tarts and tea with seven other senior leaguers working on a $30 million drive for the National Culture Center, hopefully to bring...
...party's aid around the U.S. as speaker and fund raiser. Last month, on a typical tour, covering three days and four nights, he visited Washington, Wyoming and Colorado, met with G.O.P. leaders in each, made eight speeches, appeared at four news conferences and a TV interview, and shook about 5,000 hands. "He showed us," drawled a Wyoming Republican, "that he really doesn't have horns." Semantic Duel. Even more important in the dehorning process is Rockefeller's earnest effort to neutralize the "liberal" label that frightened many Republicans the last time around. Whenever...
Last week the impasse between the two companies was broken when BOAC Chairman Sir Matthew Slattery and Cunard Chairman Sir John Brocklebank shook hands on a compromise settlement. They formed a new subsidiary, BOAC-Cunard, which will handle transatlantic flights for both. The company will be an odd new kind of corporate bird for England-70% government-owned (BOAC), 30% privately owned (Cunard). London's Daily Mail called it "the half and halfer-a curious affair." The Labor Party's aviation expert, Fred Lee, wanted to know whether, under the new arrangement, "the taxpayer is going to subsidize...
...outer office, Harry Byrd ran into Presidential Aide Lawrence O'Brien. Only a few weeks before, O'Brien had attended one of Byrd's superb spring parties at Rosemont, his estate in Berryville, Va. Now, Byrd shook O'Brien's hand: "It was certainly nice of you to come down to my place the other day. We enjoyed having you." When Byrd left, another presidential aide incredulously asked O'Brien: "He's the guy who's against...