Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...front. His personal asceticism-he lives in army barracks and rides around Tripoli in a humble white Peugeot -keeps a lid on the nouveau riche excesses that have plagued Saudi Arabia. Some observers are worried about the immigration of Libyans from the desert to the cities. Says one Western diplomat: "These people are desert nomads. There's danger that they'll become disoriented by urban life and indolent with their riches. Gaddafi is trying to combat this with a religious, revolutionary fervor-with unknown success...
...return to the U.S., as seems possible, he would be leaving behind considerable assets-including two homes, a business building and the George Town Club, where he has done much of his Washington entertaining. He also had a $249,000 secret interest in a new Washington bank called the Diplomat National, according to a front man who held some of the Park stock -another facet in the still murky picture of Korean money and political muscle...
...Explanation. In addition to the Sokolniki Park incident, the Kremlin last week virtually expelled the third-ranking U.S. embassy official, Marshall Brement, a career diplomat, fluent in Russian and Chinese. His Soviet visa was canceled a few days after he arrived in the U.S. on a home leave. Even more significantly, the Kremlin has failed to respond to the nomination of U.S. Ambassador to Israel Malcolm Toon as the next American envoy to the Soviet Union. The Soviets may be displeased with Toon, a blunt career diplomat, who is an expert on East European affairs and who served two prior...
...seat in 1974, Harold Wilson dispatched him to the U.N., where his quick repartee, enormous stamina and warmth of personality immediately made their mark. Says one former aide: "His method, which befits the good barrister he is, is to persuade rather than dictate." Adds a senior Foreign Office diplomat: "Had he become a member of the diplomatic service instead of a lawyer and politician, he would have risen to the top of the Foreign Office...
...foodstuffs remained frozen, causing scarcities and a totally artificial price structure. But the brutal suddenness of the price hikes brought the workers into the streets once more. "It was as if the entire population had been thrown into the Baltic Sea in the middle of December," observed a Western diplomat...