Word: diplomatic
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...General of the Organization of American States and former Argentine Ambassador to the U.S., at $25,000 a month. At the time Orfila, who is an accomplished Washington socializer, was still working for the O.A.S. and collecting his $88,000-a-year salary. He continued working as both a diplomat and a member of Gray & Co. until his resignation from the O.A.S. on March 31. Last winter, a black limousine with diplomatic plates that read "OAS 8" was often seen idling outside the Power House, while Orfila worked within. Although Orfila insists that he did no lobbying while...
...Deng has forced China out of the ethnocentricity developed over two millenniums of imperial supremacy and resuscitated by the almost religious xenophobia of Mao, while urging it to look outward for its economic models. "The Chinese have rediscovered that they are the center of the world," observes a Western diplomat in Peking. "They have put themselves in the position of being courted by everyone...
...Zhao Ziyang as Premier. Now most experts agree that although the "open door" will continue to swing on its hinges, it has been open so wide for so long that even if the leftists could close it again, they would only lock in Deng's changes. Says a Western diplomat in Peking: "If you gave Deng a 20% chance of succeeding in 1978, you would give him an 85% chance...
Fear of an explosion of discontent may have persuaded Honecker to open the gates a little. "A few months ago, you could have cut the mood here with a knife," says a Western diplomat in East Berlin. "The whole thing smacks of crisis management." But the exodus also enhances Honecker's image across the border as a more benign, if not exactly popular, patriarch who is willing to take risks for the sake of detente. Explains a West German official: "Honecker knows the road to other West European capitals goes through Bonn...
Last May Glucksman was appointed co-chief executive with Chairman Peter Peterson, 57. A polished corporate diplomat and Commerce Secretary during the Nixon Administration, Peterson was well respected on Wall Street, but Glucksman hankered for his job. Said he: "This firm has been my life, and I had just one ambition-to run it." In July Glucksman went to Peterson and told him that he wanted the top job for himself. Publicly denying that there was any friction between the two men, Peterson obligingly stepped aside and took with him a financial settlement estimated to be $15 million. Glucksman...