PRESIDENT Clinton's first meeting with the Nato allies provided a
stark contrast of sick and robust Western leaders.
Clinton, 47, was up before the sun, jogging for 25 minutes in a park
near his hotel. At the sprawling Nato complex, he had no trouble
spotting German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, 62, a man of robust girth who
looked his usual ruddy-cheeked self.
''I was thinking of you last night, Helmut, because I watched the sumo
wrestling,'' Clinton quipped, grasping Kohl's arms.
They were greeted by Nato Secretary-General Manfred Woerner, 59, who
has lost a lot of weight and now looks frail after two operations for
cancer of the colon.
Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, 74, who has had a triple
heart bypass operation, shuffled in.
French President Francois Mitterrand, 77, who has cancer of the
prostate, looked wan in the bright camera lights, but told reporters:
''I'll be back next year.''
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