Word: jordaning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contrast to the easygoing Motley, Pickering is a low-key but highly regarded career diplomat who has quietly glided up in the State Department hierarchy. Having been executive secretary of the State Department, a high post involving Internal management, Pickering served as Ambassador to Jordan from 1974 to 1978 and, since 1981, to Nigeria. In both nations, he won admirers. A senior Jordanian diplomat remembers him as one of Washington's best envoys to the kingdom, "a first-rate professional diplomat who always dealt with us honestly and intelligently." Beneath his softspoken, scholarly demeanor, Pickering can be personable...
...obvious that Arafat faced a serious challenge to his leadership. The rebels were upset over Arafat's recent tendencies toward moderation, notably his series of discussions with Jordan's King Hussein on President Reagan's Sept. 1 peace initiative, which called for the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip to be linked to Jordan. Left-wing elements within Fatah oppose any settlement that would give the Palestinians less than a wholly sovereign and independent state, however unrealistic that goal may be. They in effect vetoed Arafat's attempts to reach an agreement with Hussein that...
...been virtually disarmed and the Soviets discredited in their ability to influence events. The U.S. responded with an admirable plan, the Reagan initiative, but then allowed precious months to slip by as the Israelis dallied, the Soviets rearmed the Syrians, the P.L.O. recovered part of its strength, and Jordan's King Hussein tried to decide whether to risk negotiating with Israel and the U.S. The moment of opportunity passed, and with it the Reagan initiative. In time the Syrians and the P.L.O., backed by the Soviets, managed to scuttle King Hussein's efforts to join in the peace...
Douglas Spindler and Veronica Jordan founded their own computer supply company and less than a year later Spin-Tronics, Inc. may be the fastest growing company in the San Francisco area...
...Harvard Foundation can better utilize their mission to tackle racism by inviting real Black role models, such as Barbara Jordan, Maya Angelou, or Steive Wonder (if they were determined to have a musical figure), to visit Harvard. However, if the Harvard Foundation wishes to continue in their ineffectual pattern, why not bring Butterfly McQueen on campus? Her potential for aiding race relations appears commensurate to Diana Ross". More over, Daffy. Diane C. Gooding...