Word: diplomat
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...Letta - already a Christian Democratic power broker - as the point man in Rome for his Fininvest holding corporation. During Berlusconi's eight-month stint as Prime Minister in 1994, Letta joined his political staff but not his Forza Italia. Today, Letta remains aloof from party politics. One senior Italian diplomat who has known Letta since the 1970s calls him "a perfect example of soft power." He brings a velvet touch to a government known for pugilism. Enzo Carra, an opposition Parliament member who worked under Letta in the 1970s at the Rome daily Il Tempo, says he is universally respected...
...ways to weaponize a nuclear device. Tehran says the site is not connected to its nuclear program, which it maintains is for civilian purposes only, and only agreed to allow access as a confidence-building measure. While the IAEA says it has no intelligence supporting the U.S. claims, a diplomat familiar with the inspection process told TIME that the visit should help to nail them down - or dispel them. The latest sampling techniques employed by the agency can pick up traces of nuclear material even after a site has been meticulously scrubbed down, he said. As if to prove that...
...began last May when Crown Prince Naruhito told reporters at a press conference that his wife, Masako, who has withdrawn from public life since December 2003, was suffering from exhaustion due to "acts" that denied the princess her career, her individuality and even trips abroad. (Masako was a career diplomat before she married Naruhito.) The crown prince said: "From what I have seen, she seems completely exhausted...
...well-to-do middle classes ... France's Le Corbusier will build a sports stadium, and 88-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright returned enthusiastically from Baghdad last week ready to create an opera house "like nothing in the world" on an island in the Tigris ... Says a senior U.S. diplomat: "We feel Iraq is potentially if not right now the brightest spot in the area. There's hope here to build something solid." --TIME, June...
...both. In the first months of his tenure al-Yawer was rarely seen or heard in Baghdad, overshadowed by the tough-talking Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi. Some criticized al-Yawer for spending too much time in other Arab capitals. But those weren't pleasure trips. Says a Western diplomat in Baghdad: "If you asked the leaders of neighboring countries who they'd be most comfortable doing business with in Iraq, they would all point to al-Yawer...