Personalities: Innocent Abroad

"I'm happy to be in Nazareth, the cradle of Christianity," he told his audience of Moslems and Jews. "If I had to buy a town, it would be Nazareth." His manner was a winning confection of good will and grandeur—like a maharajah at a mahouts' outing. His new friends in Israel and Japan called him "a nice gentle guest" and "a tough dandy." Back home, his old friends were only left to wonder: Who is this prince of charity, this prophet of peace, this generous, sober, chaste diplomat, this new Frank Sinatra?

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