Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...telling them in every way that the only thing worse than a British military defeat is the wrong kind of victory," said a senior U.S. diplomat. That concern was shared by Britain's European allies, who were engaging in what one West German official called "a lot of quiet diplomacy" in favor of a peaceful settlement. Stressing the need for "negotiations," French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson said last week, "I'm a little sorry I have not heard that expression the last few days in any British mouths...
...Iraq's Arab allies fallen silent. Jordan's King Hussein, has contributed a few soldiers and arms to Saddam Hussein's war effort, said little of late about his old ally Baghdad. The Iraqi government its friends last week, noting that "it no purpose to keep quiet on the pretext not ranks." wanting to Unhappily for cause a split Saddam in Arab ranks seemed to be around a strategy that might...
...weeks after the American hostages touched down in Algiers, Elizabeth Ann Swift '62 accepted an offer to come to Harvard as a fellow at the Center for International Affairs (CFIA). There Swift has spent a quiet year, intentionally avoiding the flurry of publication and publicity that has surrounded some of her fellow hostages. Last fall, when Swift shopped for Kennedy School textbooks, her name-emblazoned clipboard turned a few heads in the Coop, but for the most part she has managed to escape attention...
...born in Jackson, Miss.) moved back to the capital city of Salisbury in 1977. He remembers well the long civil war that turned Lan Smith's Rhodesia into Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe. The country side, Samkange says, was too dangerous even to pass through, and even Salisbury was not quiet. He adds, "It really is true that people learned to live with the violence." He remains cautiously optimistic about the nation's political future. "We're very lucky to get Mugabe--he seems like the right...
...know him, these people would find, as he says, a person of extremes (that's a good B-School type weakness)". The notion shows up again and again in his evaluation of himself. It shows up in his high visibility and gregariousness, contrasted with the way he values "quiet times, small groups of people, intimate conversations," and the Cafe Pamplona. He admits the need for "moderating influences," of which his mother, and longtime roommate Mauro Keller Sarmiento are the most prominent. He is a person who has the confidence and courage to take untold business risks, but is somewhat leery...