Word: diplomatized
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...reaction of most Arab states to the Israeli invasion has been more muted than even the Israelis had expected. But Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was said by a Western diplomat to be "angry, frustrated and humiliated" over the whole affair. The presumption was that the Camp David peace process had contributed, in a marginal way, to Israel's decision to launch the invasion, since the agreement had neutralized Egypt and thus reduced Israel's need to worry about its southern border...
...American products for the pipeline to include equipment manufactured both by U.S. subsidiaries abroad and by foreign firms operating under U.S. licensing agreements. So angered were some European leaders that the first draft of the Brussels summit's communique, later toned down, was described by a senior British diplomat as a "virtual European declaration of economic war against...
...openness may clash with the tough views of Lieut. General Cristino Nicolaides, 57, who as army Commander in Chief acts as the true fount of authority. "It's difficult to make sense of a situation in which you have a hard-liner swearing in a moderate," reflects a diplomat in Buenos Aires...
...Mexico has a duality: a modern and very advanced society with elevated levels of life, while other sectors have been left behind with low cultural, social and economic levels." But Mexico's middle class has been badly hurt by inflation and the floundering economy. Says one foreign diplomat in Mexico City: "Mexico's social changes have outpaced the changes in its political system. The middle class is now unhappy, but the political system hasn't adjusted fast enough to allow it to express its unhappiness...
...document that has now been discreetly shelved. One reason De la Madrid may have escaped criticism is his innocuous lifestyle. Highly disciplined and a deeply religious Roman Catholic, he is untouched by any hint of scandal. He likes to spend the weekend reading in his garden. Says one diplomat who has known De la Madrid for years: "He lives comfortably, but he has never lived extravagantly. Some of his friends even consider him a little tightfisted...