Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ordinary Turks were disgusted by the behavior of their officials, they were gratified by their own. Neighbors banded together to pull survivors and corpses out of the wreckage. Companies and private foundations set up soup kitchens. Looters were often met with mob justice: a stomping. Said a Western diplomat: "Before, people relied on this deified state. This time, for the first time, civil society made an impact. This will bring profound political and cultural changes over time...
...want to watch the trials," an emotional diplomat in a Western embassy says, "because everything that has happened in the past year has been staged. So we know already what will happen. They will blame everything on Pol Pot, on others who are gone. Or on the Americans. Or the King. It will be lies...
...Kampelman, lawyer, diplomat and negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. "In those roles, he emphasized human rights in East-West diplomacy and prepared the foundation for long-term arms reductions between the United States and the Soviet Union," the tribute said...
Since then, the summer has been filled with a mix of taxis--mostly well worn Ford Crown Victorias, the occasional Chrysler Diplomat or Oldsmobile Delta 88 thrown into the mix. Now it all seems decidedly run-of-the-mill to me--the flagging down, giving of directions, exchange of money, offering of tip and getting a receipt...
Since then, the summer has been filled with a mix of taxis--mostly well worn Ford Crown Victorias, the occasional Chrysler Diplomat or Oldsmobile Delta 88 thrown into the mix. Now it all seems decidedly run-of-the-mill to me--the flagging down, giving of directions, exchange of money, offering of tip and getting a receipt...