Word: magician
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Palace Guard" (June 8, 1970), "Nixon's Secret Agent" (Feb. 7, 1972), Man of the Year (with Nixon, Jan. 1, 1973) and, on his elevation to Cabinet rank, "The Super Secretary" (Sept. 3, 1973). Just two months ago (April 1), he was pictured as "The Great Kissinger," a magician conjuring up a dove of peace. "[He] has done the seemingly miraculous for so long," TIME wrote, "that it has become almost routine." Yet his hardest task still lay ahead, and last week it was far from certain that it could be accomplished. Then, confirming the view of himself...
...with criticisms for remaining away so long and for tying himself down in resolving minor details. There were fears, as well, that Kissinger was overcommitting himself; whenever elements of the Middle East agreements became unstuck, he personally might have to re-stick them; whenever similar negotiations developed elsewhere, the magician might be sought out to run them...
...Oldtime magicians seemed to breathe the hooded air of the occult. They were like satanists in white ties. Canadian-born Doug Henning, 27, is not at all like that. Physically wispy, amiably diffident and almost self-surprised, he creates the impression of a boyish Walter Mitty who imagines that he could be a magician...
Across Lincoln Center at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House, an evening of sheer visceral joy was conjured up by Britain's Royal Ballet. The chief magician was Rudolf Nureyev, the company's conspicuous permanent guest artist. Following Kenneth MacMillan's disappointing Manon, which inaugurated the Royal's five-week New York-Washington, D.C. season, Nureyev scored a double success. He danced an impressive debut in the comic ballet La Fille Mal Gardée. On the other half of the program was a scene from La Bayardère, the "white ballet" he restaged...
Egyptians dubbed Kissinger "the magician" after he piloted a similar shuttle to a disengagement agreement between their forces and Israel's last January-and they were certain that he could do it with Syria and Israel. In Alexandria, where the weather was cooler than in Cairo, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat received Kissinger and told newsmen that "my friend, Dr. Henry" would get his agreement. Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy effusively estimated the chances at 80%. But others were not so sure, least of all the Kissinger party. "The two positions are still far apart," said one high U.S. official...