Ever the perfect patrician, Peru's President Manuel Prado, 72, descended the planeside steps at Washington's MATS terminal one day last week with the sure and jaunty gait of a boulevardier revisiting a familiar haunt. He gripped President Kennedy's hand, bowed with gallant grace to kiss the gloved hand of Madame la Présidente, Jacqueline. So taken was Jackie that she nearly forgot to present the roses she was carrying to Prado's elegant and equally aristocratic wife, Clorinda. Prado, whose innate courtliness has carried him through ten such state visits around the world in the past...
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