Word: linchpins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these roles rested not on written agreements but on personal understandings between Sadat and the American Presidents and diplomats with whom he dealt. Says one senior American military officer: "Geography guaranteed Egypt a central role in any Mideast military equation, but it was Sadat who made Egypt the linchpin of our strategy." Adds former Under Secretary of State Joseph Sisco: "Personality is more important to diplomacy in the Middle East than in any other part of the world. The question of personal trust often looms larger than economic, political and strategic conditions...
...that Brokaw prudently chose not to explore it further. The British, as listeners were constantly told, still like and look up to the monarchy. But the reporting conveyed a change in attitude since the last big royal wedding, of Elizabeth and Philip in 1947, as if royalty as the linchpin of British traditions was less central now that traditions themselves were under such challenge...
...kind of personality, and his work lacks unity." So although there has been no lack of Degas shows, Monet retrospectives, homages to Cézanne and museum tributes to Bazille or Caillebotte, Pissarro has remained less known-an irony, since, with his peculiar steadfastness and probity, he was the linchpin of the impressionist group...
...special undertaking by all of Time Inc.'s magazines dealing with American Renewal was like a breath of fresh air. Renewal of the American ethos is the linchpin of Western survival. People everywhere need to focus on renewal for the whole of Western civilization. However, we must recognize that the indispensable detonator is renaissance within America itself...
Eidenberg later took responsibility for handling "easily the most politically intractable problem," last summer's Cuban refugee crisis. As the "linchpin" for the team of federal officials managing the problem, he had to "jump through administrative hoops," coordinating the efforts of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Defense Department, the Transportation Department, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency...