Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Washington will probably ease its pressure on Hussein. As one leading Egyptian diplomat puts it, "We need to give Hussein a little time." Once Israeli military rule is abolished in the occupied territories, it is more likely that Hussein could be persuaded to join in the effort to develop Palestinian self-government...
...quite sure what Henry's entrance will do for American sports. League officials are reportedly preparing for a new era of "shuttle contract negotiations," but it's still unclear whether the pudgy diplomat will have much effect on soaring player contracts' (Henry has reportedly told NASL team owners that, "Lower salaries are at hand."). Sources in Washington, however, note that high positions in the NASL have often been viewed as stepping-stones to the U.S. Senate (admittedly only by people with extremely poor eyesight), and speculate that Henry might be trying to shore up his American sportsman image before challenging...
...Jews and Christians are also considered by Islamic scholars. Cairo's strategy, as a result, will be to proceed unilaterally with peace talks, which are likely to end up in the U.S. as a neutral site. Sadat could then present fellow Arabs with a fait accompli. An Egyptian diplomat told Wynn last week: "Once the Israelis begin withdrawing and handing over land to us, we simply will ask the other Arabs a question: 'Do you want us to give Sinai back to the Israelis...
...loved the Pope and he said yes. He was asked why. 'Because I understand everything he says.'" As Albino Luciani, the Pope-to-be never studied on a campus outside his home area of northeastern Italy, nor did he gain the international sophistication of a Vatican bureaucrat or diplomat. In the town of Belluno, where he taught for several years, his old friend Archbishop Maffeo Ducoli said: "People are crying in the streets and in the shops as if someone in their family had died." He was a teacher with a remarkable gift for explaining things through unexpected metaphors...
SALVATORE PAPPALARDO, Archbishop of Palermo, 60. Regional jealousies are strong in Italy, even among Christian bishops. There has not been a Sicilian Pope in twelve centuries. But Salvatore Pappalardo could surmount that prejudice. A keen-minded Vatican diplomat who entered the Secretariat of State along with Giovanni Benelli, Pappalardo served early on as a secretary to Monsignor Montini, later Pope Paul VI. Eventually he became Paul's pronuncio to Indonesia, where the tropical climate sapped his health. Forced to return to Italy, he headed the school that trains Vatican diplomats. (His health is now fine.) In 1970 Paul named...