Word: avoided
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tehran Sullivan initially reinforced the policy of his predecessor, former CIA Director Richard Helms, that embassy staffers should avoid contact with the Shah's opposition. Sullivan later reversed that position when the dimensions of the protest became apparent. American businessmen in Iran have found the silver-thatched envoy approachable and friendly, but many complain that he kept them in the dark about U.S. plans and perceptions. One of Sullivan's own insights was oddly prescient. After taking over the embassy in June 1977, he was asked about parallels between Tehran and Vientiane. His reply: "We ran Laos...
...Israelis were initially encouraged last week by a Sadat statement in which he noted that Iran had underscored "the need to realize peace now in order to avoid further unrest in the region." But as Brown discovered during his three-day visit to Cairo, the Egyptians are pessimistic about the Camp David talks. "Iran has changed everything," a senior Egyptian official told TIME Cairo Bureau Chief Dean Brelis. "There is serious doubt about Israel's intent to make peace. A duty has fallen on the U.S. to respond not as a superpower but as a friend of the Arabs...
Egypt is understandably anxious to avoid finding itself totally isolated as a peacemaker in the Arab world, should the talks with Israel collapse. For Brown and for Carter, to whom the Secretary will report immediately on his return to Washington, the hours of talks with Sadat offered an alarming perspective on just how volatile the Middle East might be without a peace accord...
...politicize the church, and to eschew violent reform−a delicate balance that discouraged many progressives by its ambiguity. A source of more distress was Colombian Bishop Alfonso López Trujillo, the CELAM secretary general who reportedly had received Vatican approval to stack the group with conservatives to avoid a reprise of the 1968 CELAM II in Medellin, Colombia. There, a liberal minority pushed through strong documents that inspired the Marxist-tinged "theology of liberation." Since the Puebla statement does not condemn liberation theology−or even mention it by name−progressives felt relieved. Pope John Paul...
...Increasing the flow to the normal 5.8 million bbl. would require the return of foreign technicians, an unlikely possibility. Yet, said Schlesinger, unless Iran begins substantial production soon, frequent shortages of gasoline will show up this summer, and the U.S. will not be able to rebuild its stocks to avoid a scarcity of heating oil next winter...