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...squadron of South African Impala jets thundered through the skies over the new Independence Stadium in Thohoyandou, as tribal dancers raised clouds of red dust with their rhythmic exhortations to ancestral spirits. At the stroke of midnight, South Africa's top-hatted President Marais Viljoen strode down a red carpet to announce a "great historic event, the birth of a new state." At his side stood Chief Patrick Mphephu, 54, a small, diffident man with a fifth-grade education, who was soon to become the Executive President of the Republic of Venda, a Delaware-sized region tucked...
...likes to keep a low profile, to perform his financial wizardry as a bureaucratic technician rather than as a public figure. But such behind-the-scenes machinations have their frustrations. One night, after an International Monetary Fund meeting in Copenhagen, Volcker was so exasperated with his colleagues that he strode down to the Tivoli Gardens and proceeded to throw wooden balls in a booth full of china plates until he had smashed away his tension...
...come to pat everybody on the back. Every one of you knows what you have done right. But there has not been enough done right." He thereupon announced Jordan's elevation to chief of staff and shortly afterward left the room. Forty-five minutes later, Carter and Jordan strode into the Cabinet Room, where the twelve members and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young were waiting. They knew that something big was up; they had already been told not to bring any aides. Said the summonses: "Principals only...
...hours later, Carter was back in Washington, preparing to take on the Senate's SALT opponents and vowing: "We will win." Pausing only to change into a fresh blue suit and to hide the shadows of fatigue under his eyes with a dusting of powder, Carter strode down the aisle of the House with an air of self-confidence. For 35 minutes, he addressed a group of Congressmen, Senators and other dignitaries, speaking somberly and forcefully and glancing frequently in the direction of Scoop Jackson, the most outspoken of the SALT opponents. The President appealed to the Senate...
Jogging past a bar in Framingham (6.75 miles), runners strode to Elvis tunes performed by a live country-western band perched on the tavern roof. One runner said of the crowd: "They think they came out to watch us--WE came out to watch them...