Word: bollixed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over control of the country. In its obsequious eagerness to establish relations with the rising star of the Sandinistas, the U.S. dealt meekly with rebel leaders, saving heavyweight tactics for Somoza and his troupe. Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher informed Somoza that if interim President Urcuyo continued to bollix the transferral of power to the rebels by refusing to give up U.S. Characteristically, the U.S. approached the problem of Urcuyo's last stand as a business transaction, "he advised me that if the deal went through, I was welcome in the U.S.; if the deal did not go through...
...With the President's Feb. 21 departure for China rapidly approaching, the attacks would reassure Washington's Indochina allies that they would not be sold out at the Peking summit. It was also hoped that the raids might counter any plans on Hanoi's part to bollix the summit. The White House reasoned that North Viet Nam's current offensive might have been designed to impress the Chinese with the fact that Hanoi will not sit still for any concessions to the U.S., no matter what bargain Nixon might try to strike in Peking...
...between Britain and the U.S. BRANDT. West Germany's Social Democratic Chancellor Willy Brandt traveled to Oslo last week to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize. Nixon's first task is to assure the Ostpolitik-m'mded Germans that he will do nothing in Moscow to bollix up Brandt's own efforts to broaden a dialogue with Russia and Eastern Europe satellites. Brandt will want Nixon's assurances against a precipitous withdrawal of any or all of the 215,000 U.S. troops in West Germany, which are a vital factor in his dealings with...