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...revolutionary, the reformer or the reformation, the parade or the person leading it? The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize last week to Nelson Mandela, president of the African National Congress, and F.W. de Klerk, President of the Republic of South Africa, bolsters both sides of this timeworn debate. De Klerk is pre- eminently an individual who has been pushed forward by the tide of events, a man of conservative bent who has been prodded by historical forces to act progressively, even boldly. It is not implausible to argue that whoever succeeded P.W. Botha as President of South Africa would...
...moral of the Bay of Pigs is "Beware of charisma" or "Timeworn trumps callow," what do we make of the mistakes and miscalculations of deeply experienced leaders? Franklin D. Roosevelt's failed court-packing scheme, for example, or Woodrow Wilson's postwar foreign policy? For that matter, Kennedy would not have faced such a harsh early tutorial if the venerable warrior and statesman Dwight D. Eisenhower had not allowed the Cuba-invasion plan to be put in motion during the last of his eight years as President...
Lending money to family and friends is a timeworn tradition--one that probably has worn out more relationships than it has helped. Still, if you've been fortunate enough to sock away some cash, can you say no to a child wanting to launch a business or a close friend who has run into temporary problems...
...Timeworn Tension...
...colonial clubs these are, officially, interesting times. The 1997 handover saw a huge exodus of longtime colonial members. Newly arrived expats?on short contracts?aren't bothering to join, and although some of the shortfall is made up by Hong Kong Chinese, they have rather different expectations. A timeworn armchair and a three-month-old copy of Country Life doesn't cut it, not in a world of spas, martini bars and multimedia lounges...