Word: diplomatic
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...FIRST TIME in a decade, Harvard University arrested political protesters. While the arrests last Friday elicited little comment from Harvard officials, they marked a significant change in Harvard's response to political protest. From the blockade of a South African diplomat at Lowell House in the spring of 1985 to the disruption of an alumni dinner at the 350th celebration this fall, the University has drawn criticism--from both supporters and opponents--for its ambiguous response to demonstrators. Harvard administrators have tried whenever possible to minimize dissent instead of risking publicity by confronting it either in word or in deed...
While few delegates disputed that statement, several contradicted Shultz's claim that there is mounting sympathy in Latin America for the confrontational U.S. policy of support for the contras. "The United States insists on using force, and we reject force," complained a diplomat at the meeting. Luis Gonzales Posada, Peru's Ambassador to the OAS, said U.S. support for the rebels "makes the situation worse." Meanwhile Miguel d'Escoto, Nicaragua's Foreign Minister, charged that the "colossus from the north" was the cause of the "problem in Central America and the problems in Latin America." His deputy, Victor Hugo Tinoco...
With his neatly trimmed mustache, pursed lips and pince-nez spectacles, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov seemed the embodiment of "the best filing clerk in Russia," as Revolutionary Leader Vladimir Lenin once called him. But his bland appearance, which led one British diplomat to compare him to a "refrigerator when the lights have gone out," was deceptive. In a political and diplomatic career that spanned the first four decades of Soviet history, Molotov earned the sobriquets "Old Stone Bottom" and "Mr. Iron Pants" from those who witnessed his legendary staying power at the negotiating table. Before his death...
Atmospheric changes, however, can become important. "The point is that the Soviets are just beginning to move into the area," says a Moscow-based Western diplomat. "The important thing is for America to behave well and not allow the Soviets to increase their presence." Toward that end, Washington is watching Soviet moves closely. Warns one senior State Department official: "Ours is the position to lose...
...placid corridors of the United Nations had suddenly been transformed into a war zone. "You bandits, get out of here!" angrily shouted one diplomat. The objects of his wrath: two startled representatives of Afghanistan's U.S.-backed mujahedin groups, who had shown up for a press conference. The aggressors: several members of Kabul's delegation, who began pummeling the mujahedin...