Word: maneuverer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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It was a battle in red and aqua, a regal contest between the strikingly handsome, radiantly smiling wives of the presidential candidates at either end of convention hall. By engaging in light-hearted maneuver, Nancy Reagan, queen of the north galleries, and Betty Ford, queen of the south, relieved the...
Gone are the days of German political timidity and self-doubt--a fact which both France and the Soviet Union find difficult to accept (see, for example, Michel Debre's recent article in Le Monde, "Is Germany Becoming a Danger Again?"). More assertive than his predecessors, Willy Brandt turned his...
Ghastly Irony. Syria's 15,000 troops in Lebanon now control fully half of the country, allowing the Christians room to maneuver in their drive to mop up their opponents. The bitterest battle of the entire war drags on between Christians and Palestinian commandos at Tel Zaatar (Hill of...
The P.L.O. subsequently became the idol of the Arab world; indeed, two years ago, Assad helped maneuver a P.L.O. presence at the United Nations and an Arafat appearance before the General Assembly. But the P.L.O.'s Arab support, even when it appeared broad, was always thin, because most Arab...
The pink pass did allow us to circle a "news-perimeter" above the level in the Garden where the alternates sat. Simply to get into the convention you would first be checked by about 20 different security people including several cops outside the Garden, DNC people and ushers at all...