Word: pomp
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...Giscard and Schmidt. The two men first got to know each other at EEC conferences where, as Finance Ministers for their respective governments, they mapped out monetary policies and trade negotiations. They not only became fast friends but agreed on the EEC's failings. Giscard, who detests the pomp and circumstance of Common Market summitry, has tried to set up more informal meetings; recently, he was host to the leaders of the Nine at a casual working dinner in the Elysee Palace. For his part, Schmidt wants to strip the Brussels bureaucracy of some of its power and most...
...time, the post of U.S. ambassador offered not only prestige but usually a genteel, comfortable way of life as well, with quiet diplomacy amid pomp and splendor. Today, in a world racked by guerrilla uprisings and civil wars, the American ambassador is often a target, a visible, vulnerable surrogate for his country and its policies. Last week's murder of U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Rodger Davies-the third assassination of a U.S. ambassador since 1968* -was a tragic reminder of the dangers that America's envoys now face...
...first U.S. President to make a state visit to any of the five countries, Nixon went to the Middle East to seed the fields so brilliantly plowed by his Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger. Behind the highly visible pomp and pageantry, there was serious bargaining between Nixon and the heads of state or government who received him. Technical and financial aid was discussed, including the offer of U.S. nuclear reactors for peaceful purposes to Egypt. Most important-and most difficult-were the long, hard talks conducted by guests and hosts about the next steps toward achieving peace and stability...
...Giscard d'Estaing promised to bring "change" to France. So far, at least, he is delivering. In a carefully staged show of disdain for the pomp of the Gaullist years, he walked rather than rode to his inauguration at the Elysée Palace, wore a business suit instead of tails, talked for a few minutes about a "new era" instead of delivering an oration about the glories of the past. Over the next few days he announced the first of several measures to "relax" French political life. He decreed an end to widespread wiretapping by government snoopers, promised...
...Mamelukes in Egypt. Then his Empress-the mother of his only acknowledged son-homesick Marie-Louise, who stuffs herself with Austrian chocolate and drinks coffee in clear violation of the Emperor's trade-war embargo. Napoleon's mother, Madame Mere, casts a practical Corsican eye on ephemeral pomp and circumstance, while prudently stuffing gold in her socks. And of course Talleyrand appears, ceaselessly tacking for advantage and trimming his sails at the hint of rough weather...