Word: protocolic
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...ally of whom he often says: "I call him Ron, and he calls me Yasu." The White House saw reciprocal advantages in giving a boost to Nakasone, whom it judges to be more cooperative on defense and foreign policy than most previous Japanese heads of government. And alliance protocol demands that any presidential visit to Japan be accompanied by a side trip to South Korea...
...police officer who introduced himself was cool and militarily correct, oblivious to the din of warcraft overhead. He addressed us in the functionary protocol of any customs officer. "We must be careful about infiltrators between the lines," he said, inspecting our passports. We attempted to respond with the same kind of proper formality, requesting permission to report on the events in Grenada. There was no shortage of those...
...Mausoleum in Rangoon last Sunday. As they waited for his arrival, high-ranking South Korean officials chatted quietly with their Burmese hosts. Suddenly, an earsplitting explosion cracked through the one-story building, blowing the center of the roof skyward. Within seconds, a scene suffused with the orderliness of diplomatic protocol was transformed into bloody chaos: smoking ruins, survivors screaming hysterically, others racing frantically from the building to seek help. The toll of the blast, apparently caused by a bomb hidden in the mausoleum's ceiling: 19 killed and 48 injured. The dead included 16 leading South Korean officials, among...
...help the people of Southeast Asia solve their natural problems, as well being embarrassed by being wrong. If the allegations are correct--as the State Department believes--then a serious violation of two international agreements will have been perpetrated (not only the 1972 treaty, but also the 1925 Geneva Protocol). Substantiated allegations, many observers believe, call into question the whole idea of arms control, as well as the reliability of Soviets to adhere to treaties...
From the outset, the Soviets made it clear that Kohl was not entitled to the same kind of welcome given his Social Democratic predecessors. For example, Soviet protocol normally dictates that the press suspend all critical references to countries whose leaders are guests in Moscow. But on the day Kohl arrived, the major Soviet television news broadcast included a report on antinuclear demonstrations in Mainz, the Chancellor's home territory. Then there was the mystery surrounding Andropov's failure to receive Kohl on the day of his arrival. Three hours before he was due to leave for Moscow...