Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mugabe who did the conquering. Only a year ago, he was a hunted rebel leader, directing his guerrillas against the white-backed government of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. But he swept through the United Nations, New York City and Washington, D.C., with the aplomb of an experienced diplomat who had spent a lifetime on the international political stage...
Ever since Israel was founded in 1948, one of the eccentricities of diplomatic life in the country has been the existence of two separate embassy communities. By far the larger one, in Tel Aviv, did not recognize Jerusalem as Israel's official capital and accepted the inconvenience of a 45-mile drive from the coast to the Judean Hills every time a diplomat wished to do business with Israel's Prime Minister or other key officials. By contrast, a smaller group of foreign ambassadors, consisting of twelve Latin Americans and a Dutchman, took the view that West Jerusalem...
...power, reducing President Choi Kyu Hah to a figurehead. Choi finally stepped down on Aug. 16, and a week later General Chun duly resigned his commission, in legalistic conformity with the constitution, which bars military men from the presidency. "He was the only guy for the job," a Western diplomat said with a shrug. "When Korea needs stability, the fellow with all the guns simply has to be President...
...South Korea's White Horse Division during a year's stint in Viet Nam. Only last May he insisted: "I have no political ambitions." But his behind-the-scenes maneuvering indicated otherwise. "Chun's not the simple-minded soldier, as many abroad might think," a Western diplomat says...
...least a dozen books at a time. These are busy operatives with a built-in dilemma. Houghton Mifflin's Jonathan Galassi sees the editor as a double agent. "With the writer, he is collaborator, psychiatrist, confessor and amanuensis; in the publishing house, he must be politician, diplomat, mediator...