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...after 5 a.m., the Situation Room sent out an internal e-mail with the subject line: "Item of Interest: President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize." Phones quickly started ringing after that, including a call from Gibbs to wake up Obama just before 6 a.m. Five hours later, the President strode into the Rose Garden as the globe's newest Nobel laureate...
Last December at a black-tie industry gala in New York City's famed Plaza Hotel, Ken Lewis strode past other top financial executives to the podium to accept the award for Banker of the Year. The financial industry was crashing, but Lewis looked to be at the top of his game. The CEO told the crowd, "It is incumbent upon all of us, especially those of us whose performance has left us in a strengthened leadership position, to help our industry find a new balance between our desire for economic growth and our need for market stability...
...Border. The Venezuelan President arrived on the Lido with a couple dozen bodyguards - an unnecessary precaution since the festival crowd greeted the movie with rapture, applauding Chávez's more fiery statements and booing whenever George W. Bush came on the screen. At the end, el Presidente strode into the audience, giving an impromptu five-minute speech and shaking the hand of anyone within reach. (See pictures from the 65th Venice Film Festival...
...scene at this sweaty central American checkpoint was grand political theater. On July 24, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, threatened with arrest if he ever again set foot in his homeland, ducked across the border before crowds of media and supporters--and then rapidly strode back into neighboring Nicaragua to set up camp. The action put Honduras' political crisis back in the headlines, and it set tensions boiling and troops firing tear gas on Zelaya's supporters nearby, prompting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to dub the move "reckless...
...blogosphere, where the furor in Iran is unfolding before a rapt global public, hundreds have ridiculed the Iranian President for leaving the country at this moment. Some have likened his departure to a flight 30 years ago, when, heeding the bells of history, the country's teary-eyed Shah strode onto a plane bound for Egypt, never to return as Islamic revolution swept the monarchy aside. But Ahmadinejad will be back, buoyed, if not by a democratic mandate, then by the assurances of a few close friends...