Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Japanese firms, including Mobil Corp., have decided to stay out of the northern third of the gulf, and others are expected to follow suit. In London, insurance underwriters have tripled the cost of coverage for tankers and their cargo in the area. Assessing the situation, a Saudi diplomat observed that all the Iranians need to do to curtail oil supplies is keep up their occasional tanker attacks "and let Lloyd's of London do the rest...
...course, neither can nor should give any guarantees against demonstrations or defections. To answer any legitimate Soviet worries, however, Ueberroth and Juan Antonio Samaranch, the Spanish diplomat who heads the International Olympic Committee, flew from the Manhattan torch-carrying ceremony to Washington for a prearranged meeting with Ronald Reagan. It was already too late: even as they waited at New York City's La Guardia Airport for their chartered jet, they got the first indication of an actual Soviet pullout, news that was confirmed when they reached Washington. Nonetheless, they received from the President a letter pledging strict U.S. adherence...
...journeys have offered such a kaleidoscope of contrasts as the ten-day, 24,000-mile trek across the outer rim of Asia and the South Pacific that he completed at week's end. In South Korea, he assumed the role of pastor; in Thailand, he served as a diplomat; to the islands of the Pacific, he came primarily as a missionary...
...that the three Israelis were spies, not tourists; they were mounting a deliberate attempt to infiltrate Syrian lines; moreover, the Israelis were armed and had started shooting first. Israel adamantly claimed that the captives were nothing more than irresponsible civilians. "The Israeli version seems more plausible," said a Western diplomat in Beirut. "But the men were stupid to be in the area, and Jerusalem will be asking some pretty tough questions of those in charge at the Dbayeh liaison office...
...almost hidden in a corner near the window overlooking the square. They also found seven handguns, two ammunition clips and two pistol grips for a submachine gun, as well as twelve bulletproof vests and an assortment of ammunition. The discovery was made in the presence of a Saudi Arabian diplomat accompanying the searchers as an independent observer...