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...Strauss: making sausage out of diplomacy in Moscow...
Earlier this month Yeltsin and his wife Anastasia came to dinner at Spaso House for the first time. Actually, Yeltsin invited himself, explaining that he wanted "to meet Mrs. Strauss and for you to meet Mrs. Yeltsin and for me to practice some personal diplomacy in the American style." During cocktails in a small sitting room, Strauss served the Tex-Mex nachos he likes to make. "There's no point in serving caviar to the President of Russia," he said. Before the couples adjourned to the family dining room, Strauss offered a toast to "you, your country and to what...
...activity, Strauss, who has never before lived abroad, is far from happy in Moscow. He and his wife miss their family and friends and the comforts of life in the U.S. Routine diversions are meager: on weekends he might shop for souvenirs or artwork in the Old Arbat near Spaso House, then return home and warm up canned chili for lunch. "Helen and I gave up a life we simply loved to come over here," Strauss says. "We didn't do it because I wanted to add another title to my resume or to be exposed to a Russian winter...
...Still, Strauss knows the importance of what he's doing. Ask him the best part of his job, and he says, "The challenge. Every now and then, I'll come home and tell Helen, 'Tonight, dammit, honey, I got something done that makes a difference in the world...
...some years Bob Strauss nurtured faint dreams of being President of the U.S. From time to time, he still does. Then he thinks twice. And, on second thought, he realizes this may be as close as he will ever get to his dream job -- and that he'd better make the most...