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Ronald Reagan's first two visits to Washington after his election were triumphal processions through a capital that marveled at his charm. His third tour of his new domain last week was more like a general's inspection of the troops he will shortly have to fling into a decisive battle. Preparations for the Inaugural gala were overshadowed by a series of warnings that the new Administration must begin moving almost immediately to meet what is clearly its biggest challenge: mending the battered American economy...
...greet him. Missing were the throngs who, during his 1973 visit, bore placards with sentiments like WELCOME BACK COMRADE BREZHNEV - TRUE FRIEND OF INDIA. The ailing 73-year-old Soviet leader, who had difficulty in walking unassisted, also experienced problems in reaching his residence. Instead of a triumphal motorcade, police had to whisk the Soviet leader through the back streets of the capital to avoid demonstrations by Afghan refugees carrying banners that read CRIMINAL BREZHNEV...
...that science is continuing its triumphal but unacknowledged vindication of Eastern religious teachings. Now it is Psychologist Richard Solomon [Nov. 10], with his theory that "in its early stages any attachment is controlled mainly by pleasure, but late in the attachment the main control is the threat of separation and loneliness." In short, clinging to pleasures inevitably produces pain...
Still, the twelve-day papal visit to Brazil that ended last week was perhaps the most triumphal of the globetrotting Pope's seven journeys. From the prosperous southern metropolis of Porto Alegre to the impoverished agricultural lands of the north, the Polish-born Pontiff proved a spellbinding presence, drawing crowds of a million or more on at least six occasions. Smiling, kissing babies, entering the hovels of the poor, John Paul also spoke on almost every national problem-Indian rights, rural poverty, urban slums, labor struggles, human rights. Yet he mixed his appeals for social justice with stern warnings...
...glasses it was totally pitch black, like looking out into a cavern. I'm very myopic--my entire career at the opera revolves around trying not to break my neck because you can't wear glasses on stage. In Aida, for example, I was a torchbearer in the big triumphal march. You walk out, you walk downstage, you hit the front of the stage, and the stage drops very quickly because the set is elevated. As you hit that point, you enter the lights that cross the front of the stage, and you're blinded. So one step...