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...days before receiving his Nobel Peace Prize, African National Congress (A.N.C.) President Nelson Mandela entertains visitors and well-wishers at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway. Tall, exquisitely tailored, he dispenses soft handshakes and his world-famous smile. The 27 years he spent in South African prisons seem somehow to have left him younger than his 75 years; he looks well + rested and benign. The mention of a newborn baby boy makes him beam. Because of his confinement, he did not get to see his own two youngest daughters grow up, and since his release he has kindled a love...
...awoke one sunny morning last September to a strange new sound in my ear. Granted, in the soft days of Cambridge autumn, it’s not entirely unusual to hear birds just above the heaving and clanking of trucks on JFK Street—but this bird was not cooing at me from my window. It was as if I had literally bedded a cranky parrot, or kept a menagerie in my pillow...
...With regard to the hostile relations between the U.S. and Iran over Iran’s possible development of nuclear weapons, he said that both nations must work together to address their grievances in a productive way. ElBaradei also emphasized the need for countries to use “soft power” to achieve their political goals. “We need to exhaust all options before force,” ElBaradei said. “I am a strong believer in soft power.” Although he has frequently clashed with the Bush administration, which supports producing...
...thoughtful and soft-spoken Seidel casts off suggestions that his approach is too academic. He says he sees his candidacy as a “public service...
...formally call Bush with her decision until Wednesday night, by then the deed was all but done. Her meetings with Senators were not winning her any support. One who attended them described her as "smitten by the President," talking endlessly about her admiration for him in her soft Texas drawl. She was unfailingly gracious, but she faced a tough crowd, and the private prep sessions were just as shaky. By that time, conservatives were so riled, even a Bush win would have been a loss. The cost would have been permanent, unforgiving fury from a whole swath of his base...