Word: disarray
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...began as an unprecedented effort to forge Arab unity around a comprehensive Middle East peace plan. It ended after 5½ hours of bickering as yet another milestone in the 30-year Arab tradition of political disarray. The twelfth summit meeting of the 21-member Arab League, held briefly and acrimoniously last week behind the venerable battlements of the Moroccan city of Fez, undermined the prestige of the royal House of Saud, which had striven mightily to bring the conclave to a successful outcome. Yet even as the angry Saudi leaders stalked to their waiting aircraft...
...Administration was in disarray over what would face suspension. Likely candidates: federal disability payments, food stamps (as of Dec. 1, when the latest monthly allotment runs out), most government research and regulatory programs. As many as 400,000 federal employees could be laid off immediately...
...Nixon and Carter (who often sounded like schoolboys crammed for a test with answers they would quickly forget). Reagan sells his programs with simplifications, homilies and examples. And optimism: "I always tend to be optimistic," he said at one point. He proved his optimism when a question arose about "disarray in foreign policy" (a newly revived Washington cliche that was born in the Carter days). Said the President: "I think our accomplishments have been rather astounding... our allies-I don't think we've ever had a stronger relationship than we have with them in Europe." In meetings...
...possible nuclear response as a deterrent. That is not, however, an issue the Administration wants to see publicly debated, particularly by members of its own Cabinet. The White House and the Pentagon issued a statement papering over the disagreement, but it did little to erase the impression of disarray among Administration policymakers...
...president forged ahead, claiming that our foreign policy is not in disarray and stating, "We have our allies--I don't think we've every had a stronger relationship than we have with them in Europe." He also noted, "We have, I think, in the Middle East we've progressed there...