Word: devious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scenes intrigue at the arms-control talks [Dec. 5] did what The Day After did not. It scared the hell out of me. TIME's Strobe Talbott has portrayed a rogues' gallery of players, from the uninterested Ronald Reagan to the arrogant Richard Burt and the devious Richard Perle. I never dreamed I would feel sorry for Paul Nitze and Alexander Haig...
...explanation that the Middle East is the world's tinder box the one area that could ignite a global war and that our involvement there is essential to prevent it's Certainly, the Soviets can't be overjoyed with our presence. They too have interests in the region--devious though they...
...shock and disappointment after another. If our elected representatives in Washington are not raising their pay in devious ways, they are involved in sordid sexual adventures. Now we learn that they are living the life Riley never aspired to, traveling the world over at the taxpayers' expense [Sept. 5], with no legitimate end in view. Is it any wonder that Senators and Congressmen are viewed by the U.S. public as less trustworthy than used-car salesmen...
...remarkable permanency"). The hearty Fielding style was sometimes irritating, but his advice about potential surprises helped nervous travelers feel at home abroad. He was lavish with both praise and blame, lauding Greek tavernas and Dutch honesty and censuring rip-off artists like Venetian gondoliers, whom he called "surly, devious, tip-hungry ruffians...
...years ago, Strout ticked off some other presidential judgments. Nixon: "Of them all, he was the only one I actively disliked right from the start. He was a flawed and insecure man." Ford: "The least devious of them all." He likes Carter and Reagan personally and, when Carter was in office, felt like "sort of an anxious nanny about him." He was flattered when Jimmy and Rosalynn invited the Strouts to dinner, was pleased by a note from Reagan. He succinctly says what he thinks of their two presidencies, then decides he does not want it printed. But the judgment...