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At first blush, Dr. Henry Kissinger does not come across as a sports fan. Why would such an intellectual concern himself with such mundane matters? But quite the contrary, Dr. K is quite the athletic aficionado, as this column by George Vecsey of The New York Times reports.
He makes baseball comparisons as a knowledgeable American, and now he is undertaking a soccer mission for the nation that gave him shelter. He has joined the committee that is seeking to bring the World Cup of soccer to the United States in 2018 or 2022.
“I will be 99 years old,” he said in his deliberate style, referring to 2022. “I have sort of a moral obligation to stay around.”
Henry Kissinger with Inter-American Development Bank president Iglesias and Pelé in 2000 (Photo: David Mangurian - IDB)
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