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...Afterward, he was given a rather grim reception by the French government, which was upset about the Soviet-inspired imposition of martial law in Poland only seven weeks earlier. But in Chernenko's talk with French Premier Pierre Mauroy, says a French official who attended the meeting, the Soviet visitor came across as "a man of conviction and even punch." At one point, Mauroy referred to "heaven" as he described the importance of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland. This remark elicited a flash of that rarest of Chernenko's known qualities, a sense of humor. "Heaven," he quipped...
...Chernenko was interested in discussing the State Department's experience with computers in handling personnel matters. Beyond that, he wanted to talk about how the department made its assignments, decided on transfers and dealt with other personnel business. After arranging the proper security clearance, Davis showed the white-haired visitor around the department and talked with him at some length. "It was clear that he was a man of some importance, because he was not lacking in presence," Davis recalls. "He was quiet but attentive, and he asked good questions...
Were those papers in that class in ethics and justice graded properly, fairly? Hardly. But then you should have seen this section leader in class on the day before. Thanksgiving when I myself was a visitor. He passed out a Xerox copy of a hand-scratched assignment sheet. It had only two topics on it, and the section leader asked that everyone choose the second one. There was a general sigh among the students as they listened in this pathetic effort to make the second paper respectable. When asked in front of the hemmed and unconcerned professor when the paper...
...reception could eat in grand style. Several priceless items from Catherine the Great's dinner service were broken during the revelry. One U.S. diplomat who met with Romanov was taken aback when he rudely interrupted his interpreter to correct the translation of one of his titles. Recalls the American visitor: "The impression Romanov gave was one of boorishness and arrogance. He strutted around as if he were lord of all he surveyed...
Peter Ueberroth, president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, another visitor, says, "They can decree that things be done here. We can't decree." But the generous way the Yugoslavs have followed their orders seems beyond the requirements of duty. Taxi drivers refuse exorbitant tips, and strangers race after passers-by to return precious figure-skating tickets dropped in the snow. "They are fiercely proud, and they want people to love their country," says Ueberroth. "This is what has to happen in Los Angeles for our Games to be successful." Among his new resolutions: to increase language services...