Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...helped that unlike so many would-be power brokers, Rozelle did not look like a man who wished to wield power. Of course the gifts required to pull this off aren't the ones normally associated with empire building. They are to a large extent the gifts of a diplomat. Diplomat in this case is another word for a man with a talent for dealing with megalomaniacs. Each year that Rozelle presided over the NFL, another owner published his autobiography explaining how he was the visionary behind the rise of pro football. Each year Rozelle laughed and let him enjoy...
...armed-forces chief General Wiranto or to a more progressive coalition of opposition figures, like Megawati Sukarnoputri, Abdurrahman Wahid and Amien Rais. What's certain is that the contest over reform has been radicalized. "The idea of revolutionary change has spread among the students," says a Western diplomat. "Now they shout revolusi rather than reformasi...
...poverty and despair spread, the ranks of those with nothing to lose will probably swell to dangerous proportions. "People are playing parlor games here in Jakarta. No one is really speaking for the people out there," says the Western diplomat. "This is going to be the Jacobin revolution that we haven't seen yet. This is the dangerous part. It's going to be bloody...
...public. They unnerve the markets and the IMF with widely varying figures for the amount of new money that will have to be printed to keep the economy afloat. Primakov, meanwhile, has struck some visitors as strangely removed from the day-to-day business of government. A senior diplomat recalled a recent high-level meeting with the new Prime Minister. "We asked about foreign policy," the diplomat said, "and Primakov waved his hand and referred us to Ivanov [his Foreign Minister]." The delegation then raised trade, but "Primakov waved his hand and referred us to Maslyukov [the Deputy Prime Minister...
Terrorism aimed at the U.S. started in Greece in 1975 with the assassination of an American diplomat. According to Burns, terrorism against Americans has continued unchecked by the Greek government...