Welcome to the spotlight, Mrs. President
Jul 01, 1999
Steven C. Johnson
The media glare of presidential politics – even in a small country like Latvia – is a sweaty, stressful thing.As Parliament's 15-hour session winded down June 17 and Vaira Vike-Freiberga looked likely to be elected president, TV camera crews switched on their bright lights and photographers crowded around her.But as she sat in the spectators' gallery of the Saeima hall, the Canadian-Latvian kept a firm grip on her cool. Only the hint of a smile crept across her lips when a news cameraman jockeye ...
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