Word: diplomatized
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...ndez charged that U.S. support for Britain was "illegal and repugnant" and that the U.S. had "turned its back" on Latin America. He warned: "The future of the inter-American relationship is under threat." As Haig sat in stony silence, most of the assembled delegates gave the Argentine diplomat a long standing ovation...
...criticism was not unanimous and was frequently delivered more in sorrow than in anger. Although most countries in Central and South America recognize Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the Falklands, many viewed Argentina as the aggressor last April. Mexican officials conceded that, in the words of one diplomat, U.S. support for Britain was "easily predicted from the beginning." The trouble was, he added, that "the U.S. has no friends, no allies in Latin America, only interests. And those interests are often not in the best interest of Latin America...
...Saddam Hussein directly, nor does it plan to do so now. Some U.S. experts argue that Iraq's greatest need at the moment is something nobody can supply: a highly motivated army with the determination to win. In any case, concludes a high-ranking U.S. diplomat, "we have been and are the least likely candidate to get anything done...
There were, however, few signs of any regrets in other capitals. "The British pushed too hard and had it coming to them," said a West German official in Bonn. A French diplomat in Paris grumped, "Crisis? It would be fair to say that the European Community has been in a crisis ever since the British joined...
That leaves creditors with only the honeyed tongue of someone like Gary Golditch, 31, manager of the Financial Collection Agencies in Maiden, Mass., who calls himself "a diplomat." The key thing, says Golditch, is not to let the debtor hang up. Start by being polite: "I'm sorry to inconvenience you but..." Impress on the debtor his moral responsibility: "You received the merchandise you wanted, but my client has not been paid ..." Golditch calls these opening gambits a means of "captivating" the debtor. "After that, I'm sure you'd talk with me," he says, leaning back...