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Newt is not going to miss me, but I'm going to miss him. I'll miss his knowledge of Prussian history, his unerring sense of what the Duke of Wellington would do in any situation, his grandiose sense of walking in the boots of Winston Churchill and Ulysses S. Grant. Like Napoleon, he was tall enough to see a future invisible to lesser mortals. A global visionary, he wrote in a calendar unearthed by Slate magazine that on June 30, 1993, he was going to "articulate the vision of civilizing humanity" and, when that was done, "define, plan...
Clinton's acts smack of a lack of reasoning and common sense. Boy, am I glad he's not our President! ERIC JANSSEN Wellington, New Zealand...
...lucky enough to have a professor who will take you to lunch there today, you will dine on Moroccan chicken stew, Beef Wellington with oyster trilogy and fresh fruit crisp...
...desire to devour life--and food. Aside from the Mexican chow consumed during this late-afternoon interview, a solicitous valet furnishes Travolta with a box of chocolate ladyfingers, mere snacks "to tide him over" until dinner. Lunch can be an orgy of steamed lobster or an artery-choking beef Wellington. His sister Annie marvels at this "Vanderbilt" life-style, where 24-hour chefs cater to any food fantasy. Even during a marketing powwow for Primary Colors, Nichols recalls, "everyone brought along sandwiches except John, who was served four or five different courses. It was not unlike taking a meeting with...
...Khatami? The U.S. has done a lot for nations having difficulty moving into an era of openness and democracy, but it is time for the U.S. to drop its Big Brother routine and assume the role of passive bystander. Only time will mend the Middle Eastern autocracy. DANIEL FURNER Wellington, New Zealand