Word: relationship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...backtracking on the harsh Moscow-aimed comments of Carter at Annapolis, but sometimes rephrasing them. For example, where Carter had bluntly offered the Soviets a choice of "confrontation or cooperation." Vance smoothly asserted that both sides would be "making choices between an emphasis on the divergent elements of our relationship and an emphasis on the cooperative ones." He referred to the tough Soviet reply in Pravda to Carter's Annapolis speech. Growled Pravda: "There is no end to attempts at interfering in our country's internal affairs. The ties and contacts between the two countries are being restricted...
...started a series of White House breakfasts where they get a chance for candid exchanges with Cabinet officials-and a chance to see the President. Most of the guests come away impressed. "Sure, it's an ego massage," says Scott. "But it pays off. It builds a relationship." Kraft and his staff of four also try to spot opportunities outside of the White House for Carter to make allies. "We're not out to politicize the White House," Kraft says, "but we've got to use the political resources we have better than before...
...first White House job Kraft held was that of appointments secretary-the keeper of the presidential door and time clock. He has always had a comfortable relationship with his boss, though he has never been as close to Carter as Jordan or Jody Powell. Carter seems to welcome Kraft's puckish sense of humor...
Probably the greatest irritant in the Washington-Jerusalem relationship is Begin's refusal to admit that U.N. Resolution 242 applies to the West Bank, that hilly desert area that he calls part of the Jews' homeland by "natural and eternal right." The hope was that when he came to power, he would recognize the historic necessity of giving up the West Bank with its 692,000 Palestinian in habitants. A year later, observers wondered whether even such an optimist as U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis any longer held out hope that Begin will change. Israel's leader truly...
...could play with the big boys. But, you know, they don't look that big after you've been playing with them." The prospect of running for public office also has lost some appeal for him, though he doesn't rule it out altogether. "The relationship between theater and politics fascinates me," he says. "They both communicate ideas and both involve persuasion and compromise." More than ever, though, Beatty loves acting; he looks forward to playing many more roles after John Reed and Howard Hughes. This is good news, for Beatty has evolved into an exceptional movie star. Once...