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...addition to their public appearances, the two men met several times without reporters or camera crews present. Clinton flew to Houston last September to make plans for paying out Katrina funds, then joined Bush for dinner at his home there. The two men met for breakfast at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City and did some quiet photo ops for private donors. During a stop in Little Rock to shoot some public-service announcements last spring, 41 spent more than an hour talking alone with 42 in the mock Oval Office at the Clinton library. "It looked like...
...Even as the two presidents met at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Tuesday, Bush's top negotiator on North Korea was 12 time zones away in Beijing for a new round of six-party talks on Pyongyang?s nuclear weapons program. The objective of those talks is not only to stop North Korea's declared weapons program, but also to dismantle the estimated seven weapons that Pyongyang has already built - the U.S. wants to put the toothpaste back in the tube, but hasn't made much progress. The last round of talks ended early last month with...
...tail that they barricaded themselves in their houses, sealing the windows and doors. As they cowered, they gulped down comet pills or sniffed on comet inhalers. Braver sorts wearing comet-shaped diamond hatpins or toting comet-knobbed walking canes flocked to rooftop parties at the old Waldorf-Astoria. In advertisements, bars of soap and cans of coffee were depicted flying through space, feathery tails in their wake. Comet mania was at fever pitch, and freewheeling entrepreneurs were everywhere, peddling their wares...
Soon after the MGM news broke, Turner arranged simultaneous press conferences in New York City, Moscow, London and Phoenix, which were broadcast live on his SuperStation WTBS, to announce a groundbreaking agreement with the Soviet Union. As Turner grinned at reporters at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, TBS Executive Vice President Robert Wussler clasped hands with Soviet sports officials in Moscow. Turner said that TBS and the Soviets would co-produce and broadcast the Goodwill Games from Moscow next July. The games are expected to draw top athletes from around the world for 160 events, and will be repeated...
...tall and that they be placed fully 10 ft. apart, making it less likely that the 5-ft. 11-in. Bush will look miniaturized in comparison with the 6-ft. 4-in. Kerry. After Jordan and Baker finally came to an agreement at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, putting their heads together over a laptop to approve the official announcement, they headed...