The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or so people who run this world analyze one another that way and then make decisions of life and death for us. Scary, but true.
Source: On Margaret Thatcher's first meeting with Mikhail S Gorbachev, Measure of the Man in Time, 25 Mar 85
-- Hugh Sidey, (Sep 3 1927-2005), US editor, journalist, author; He is an editor for Time Magazine.