Word: confidante
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The main reason for Moynihan's resignation, however, was his dispute with many State Department professionals. Henry Kissinger had grown increasingly impatient with the outspoken, unpredictable ambassador, whom he considered to be often out of control. Besides, Kissinger did not like being upstaged by Moynihan. Above all, he was...
The two brothers agreed to keep in touch from this point on. They would write each other ... Jerry even promised that he would come to wherever Jimmy was if Jimmy needed him badly enough ... Jimmy was pleased to have a confidant, and Jerry was excited, fascinated by the chance to...
Then there is Charles U. Daly, vice president for government and community affairs, part-time Kennedy confidant and full-time Jimmy Breslin intimate. He's Harvard's link with chic, Bok's ear to the Congressional floor, and a possible advance man for Ted Kennedy in his 1976 presidential bid...
CUBA. A new source on what happened during John F. Kennedy's Administration emerged into public view: Lawrence Houston, who had been general counsel for the CIA from its founding in 1947 until his retirement in 1973. One of the "old boys" of the agency and the confidant of...
When Prime Minister Indira Gandhi put the name of Jayaprakash Narayan, 72, at the head of her list of political opponents to be arrested two weeks ago, she must have been struck by the irony of the situation. "J.P.," as he is known to almost everyone in India, was the...