Word: diplomat
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Berlin, a philosopher, diplomat and intellectual historian, received a Doctor of Laws degree today. Although he served as a diplomat during World War II in New York, Washington, and Moscow, Berlin has spent most of his life teaching at Oxford University. He is best known for his brilliant analytic studies of Russian thought, especially of Tolstoi and Alexander Herzen. His works argue the superficiality of both deterministic and relativistic approaches to history. His books include Karl Marx (1939; third edition 1963), Historical Inevitability (1954) and Russian Thought...
...Zawawi: "We do so out of the conviction that this treaty is the first step toward solving the problem of the Middle East and achieving a Palestinian solution. Even more, it is a realistic step toward improving our common regional security." But the trouble is, as a senior Western diplomat observes, "it would be a lot more meaningful and comfortable for Sadat if Oman were not sitting on a time bomb...
...personnel experts usually dish out to business executives who get the sack: Use your new free time doing something you have been wanting to do. Hoveida, fired as Iran's longtime United Nations ambassador by the revolutionary regime, is devoting his time to writing and art. The deposed diplomat, who in the past penned essays, film criticisms and six novels, has turned to nonfiction: the events that led to the downfall of the Shah and the execution of Hoveida's older brother, former Premier Amir Abbas Hoveida. Meanwhile, a Manhattan gallery is showing 37 examples of his Persian...
...there is little possibility that a summit can achieve much beyond the formal signing of SALT II. Said a senior Western diplomat in Moscow: "Brezhnev could attend a couple of dinners and read a paper or two, but he is in no shape to engage in real give-and-take with Carter. It will be a pro forma summit, and it would be useless to expect anything more." Though signing a SALT agreement would be very important, Carter is disappointed at the lack of prospects for going further. Said a top White House adviser: "The President really wanted...
...Casaroli, the Pope has a born diplomat: loyal, highly skilled, and completely committed to the Second Vatican Council reforms. Casaroli has been the Vatican's top emissary to Communist regimes ever since Pope John XXIII launched negotiations to help East bloc churches survive. Though the appointment is regarded as John Paul's endorsement of this policy, Casaroli modestly shuns his common designation as the Architect of Ostpolitik. The Pope is the architect, he once said. "I am the instrument...