As a Lord-in-Waiting, he was often called upon to greet visiting heads of state at Heathrow Airport.

It is usually used by the Queen to greet foreign heads of state on state visits.

He gets home at about 3 p.m., and greets his family, changes uniforms and heads to his second job, delivering pizzas for a restaurant in Jamaica, Queens.

Mr. Mandela's touch with the people has produced an abundance of heart-warming pictures as he hugs children and beauty queens and greets celebrities and heads of state.

But Mr. Clinton does not plan to embrace the parties, senior Administration officials said, despite Mr. Arafat's inclination to greet heads of state with a hug.

Janson looked into the secretary-general's liquid brown eyes, saw the composed face that greeted heads of state by the hundreds.

Normally the Pope greets heads of state in his private library in the Apostolic Palace.

Having tumbled from divinity after Japan's defeat in World War II, he mostly signs official documents, presides at banquets and greets visiting heads of state.

Indeed, every day for the past week, the security noose around this city has been winched a bit tighter, as a country that only three Emperors ago reveled in its isolation from the outside world prepares to greet heads of state and royalty from 159 nations.

For pricier dining, head for Adirondacks, a handsome restaurant in the lavishly ornamental Presidential Suite, the rooms where Presidents once greeted heads of state arriving at the station.