Word: metternichian
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...trouble is that order is a 19th century term that suggests Metternichian arrangements of large, heavy, somewhat static entities. History in the late 20th century seems to belong more to chaos theory and particle physics and fractals -- it moves by bizarre accelerations and illogics, by deconstructions and bursts of light. It is global history with dangerous simultaneities at work: instantaneous planetary communications coexist with atavistic greeds and hungers, like Saddam Hussein's: CNN looks in upon old, moldy evils. This bizarre new physics of history might well argue for some kind of ordering. But the new world order, the American...
Zumwalt has been making news not by lambasting Byrd but by launching a flanking attack on a personal target-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. He accuses Kissinger of "lying in his teeth" when the Secretary soft-pedaled violations of nuclear arms agreements by the U.S.S.R., of running "a secret, Metternichian policy that seeks to mislead, not to lead, and of "creating peace in our time by pushing disaster into our children's future." The Admiral's assault seems an odd political tactic since Byrd, also a supporter of the Pentagon, has not taken any stand for or against...
...bureaucracy. As the chief architect of China's foreign policy under Chairman Mao Tse-tung, he charted Peking's course of independence from the two superpowers, creating in the process a new world center of power and influence. Suave, shrewd and enduring, he advanced the cause of China with Metternichian dexterity and a flair for the dramatic gesture. When he died of cancer last week at the age of 77, Chou left behind him a life of extraordinary achievement as revolutionary, soldier and administrator of the world's most populous nation...
...Metternichian Minuet. However, the Soviet position was made doubly complicated by the broad opportunity that Kosygin's presence in the U.S. offers for top-level talks between the Big Two. There were clear indications that both sides would welcome such talk; but a bitter public exchange in the U.N. might well reduce both the inclinations and the opportunity...
...Metternichian minuet that seemed strangely out of place in the nuclear age, both Kosygin and Lyndon Johnson at week's end delicately refrained from making the first move. Kosygin feared that if he asked for a Washington meeting with the U.S. President, the Arabs would suspect him of a double cross, while Peking, which has already accused Moscow of "a perfidious betrayal, a monstrous sellout," would crow even more loudly. As for Johnson, White House Press Secretary George Christian said that if Kosygin wished to sit down and talk, the President "will, of course, be glad...
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