Word: diplomats
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...permitted to enter but are not supposed to incite hostilities. While both the military and the guerrillas have pledged to honor Rivera's plan, there is no binding agreement. "The plan is going ahead with 'an understanding,' which means it is inevitable that incidents will happen," says a Western diplomat...
...much as his Korean counterpart, now the figures are exactly reversed. Nevertheless, many Koreans have taken heart at the sight of a right-wing dictator undone by nothing more forceful than U.S. pressure and peaceful protest. "They know the parallels with the Philippines are not there," says a Western diplomat in Seoul. "But they are taking encouragement from it anyway...
...more than to any other African nation except Egypt. While Suwar al Dahab has been friendly with the U.S., he has re- established ties to Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, who also supplies the government with military aid. "The camel has got his nose under the tent," observes one Western diplomat. "If they are not careful, the Sudanese will become dominated by Libya...
...desert who is destined to restore Arabs to their lost glory. In his fevered imagination, he expects to succeed in the destruction of Israel and the continued harassment of its principal sponsor, the U.S. "It is too easy and simplistic to dismiss Gaddafi as mad," said a Western diplomat in Tripoli. "He genuinely believes the cause is just, so there's no deflecting him. He'll pursue his fight with the U.S. until he dies...
...first of those incidents, 45 students took over the 17 Quincy St. headquarters of Harvard's governing Corporation. Later in the term, activists blockaded a South African diplomat inside Lowell House, where he was speaking to a closed meeting of the Conservative Club...