Word: erraticism
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There were still more than 1,500 American boats of all sizes waiting last week with restless crews and anxious relatives in Cuba's single refugee embarkation port of Mariel, 27 miles west of Havana. Those skippers who are finally permitted to load and sail under Castro's...
Muskie will unquestionably have support from the foreign offices of America's allies. Vance was tremendously respected abroad, and his loss made the allies anxious. Said a British official of Vance: "A wise head, an experienced and accomplished diplomat and a fine professional." Said a senior chancellery official in Bonn...
Those driving personal habits, however, created problems in the staid banking community. Abboud became infamous for his humiliating chastisements of senior officials in front of their subordinates, and FORTUNE this spring named him one of the ten toughest bosses in the U.S. Some 200 bank executives left First Chicago during...
By early April Carter had lost patience with the frustrating process of trying to deal with Iran's changing leadership and the erratic Khomeini. He thought he had reached agreement for the Iran government to take control of the hostages from the more zealous militants, but Khomeini squelched any deal...
To other Europeans, Carter's erratic moves smack of domestic American politics. The French specifically feel that it is more than coincidental that Carter decided to get tough with Iran and the allies on the eve of this week's Pennsylvania presidential primary. Their own domestic politics, however, also play...