Word: brinksmen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...talks have been a slog. The North Koreans, superb brinksmen, never budge until the last moment. They negotiate with that combination of self- righteousness and unblushing bad faith common among old-style communist regimes, violating commitments in order to sell the same concession two or three times. On the American side, a certain admiration has even developed for this doggedness. But the atomic clock is ticking. "I think both sides are getting tired of going over and over each tiny concession," says one source. "Now that we've gotten to know each other, gotten comfortable with each other and gotten...
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