Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...diplomat later said it would be "the dumbest thing in the world" to assume the walled compound was free of KGB bugs...
...willowy and slim, with long blond hair and large eyes, Seina stood out at the annual Marine ball. "She was so good-looking," said a former Soviet employee. "She wore a long, elegant black dress and attracted attention." When the Soviet workers were withdrawn from the embassy, a U.S. diplomat was overheard asking, "What will we do without Violetta? We won't have anyone to look at around here...
...RELEVANT facts of the Kent-Brown protest are clear. Some 40 minutes into the South African diplomat's remarks, 20 members of the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee rushed toward two of the auditorium's three exists and linked arms. Their goal was to force Kent-Brown out of the hall's front door and into and confrontation with protestors gathered outside the Science Center. Harvard police responded appropriately, breaking the blockade and escorting Kent-Brown from the room...
...high-minded principles fail to consider individual situations in a practical and reasonable manner. Citing the necessity of maintaining basic freedoms at an academic institution, many people have condemned protesters for blocking two to three exits of the Science Center auditorium in which Duke Kent-Brown, a South African diplomat, appeared last month. But those who employ such rhetoric to criticize the protesters tend to ignore the legitimate and laudable efforts by protest groups to publicize their views. The community might do well to go beyond basic principles and necessary freedoms that most people accept already and begin to develop...
...caused them to back away. Conservatives worried that the party's authority was threatened by Deng's 1984 drive to extend free enterprise to China's cities and by public discussion of political reforms. Last year's student unrest only heightened their fears. As a result, says a Western diplomat in Peking, "Deng's coalition has been coming apart...