Word: ideale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...MBFR. Unlike the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, or SALT, this makes for an absolutely unpronounceable acronym. Adding letters is no improvement: MUBAFORE? Nonsense. Obviously, the thing will have to be renamed. Dropping "Mutual" could yield BALFORE, which is not ideal but has a certain statesmanlike ring. Rearranging the words to make it "Balanced and Mutual," etc., could lead to BAM, for short. One could even start talking about a proposed Treaty on Troop Reductions, or TROT, for the headline writers...
...believe in the internationalismof science, but the most basic ideal of internationalism-the speed of scientific knowledge and technological advances to all people, without national or racial barriers-is violated by South Africa's denial to blacks of equal education and economic benefits of modern technology," the letter said...
...though, none of this could change the minds of those voters who were choosing a candidate on the basis of law and order. And Rizzo was an ideal physical counterpart of the law and order issue. He is enormous, heavy-set and tough-talking. He's the sort of man you'd want as a bodyguard, and apparently that's what Philadelphia's voters wanted last Tuesday...
...superficial level, the comparison with Metternich breaks down. As opposed to a finely carved figure, Kissinger is only of average height, slightly overweight, excessively plain, and somewhat stoop-ed. Far from beau-ideal, he is a Jewish refugee, and he speaks with a foreign accent. Despite the image of the gay divorcee, the ruminations about his social activity seem to be grounded more in journalism than in fact...
...crust of Washington policy-making, it is the impact of decisive personalities-not that of impressive intellect-which ultimately spurs the winning recommendations and gives them decisive force. And if his reading of Metternich has taught Kissinger anything, it is that personality could ape beau-ideal, and that once in the seat of power, ultimate seriousness could be transformed to the diplomat's disdain...