Word: bafflegab
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...diplomatic bafflegab reflects how hard the U.S. is trying to boost reformist politicians in Russia without specifically endorsing them. On one hand, the Administration is convinced that the U.S. has a big stake in who wins the election. On the other, it is aware that it is unseemly to tell the citizens of a great power how to conduct their own affairs; moreover, doing so could lead to a backlash against the very candidates the U.S. favors. That double bind has tightened considerably in recent weeks as newly declared candidate for re-election Yeltsin performs dismally in the polls...