Word: statesman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...writer, Charles de Gaulle has the gift of clarity, as a politician he knows the uses of ambiguity, and as a statesman he has shown remarkable consistency. From nearly 30 years of writings and remarks come these affirmations of his aspirations and ambitions...
...Secretary-General U Thant, who comes from neutralist Burma and occupies the world's most neutralized job, allowed himself a little partisanship when asked a press conference question about the U.S. delegate: "In my experience of public men, I have very rarely come across a statesman of Ambassador Adlai Stevenson's stature-with mellow wisdom, perceptive thinking and balanced judgment. He has been representing his country in the United Nations with eminence and with extraordinary competence...
...solid market for the last two Glass stories in hardcover at $4, both having appeared in The New Yorker, in 1955 and 1959 respectively. Outside the campus, there are signs that crabbed age is becoming short-tempered about the cutups in the Salinger kindergarten. London's New Statesman has muttered about "Zenny & Phooey." and Critic Mary McCarthy has brought her severe forensic intelligence to bear on Salinger and files a contemptuous brief which indicts him for attempting to feed the young the poisoned pap of a false religiosity...
...statesman of this century has been more successful than Charles de Gaulle at infuriating his friends and delighting his enemies. Last week le grand Charles did it again, throwing the Common Market negotiations into confusion, blackballing Britain's bid for membership, and disdainfully rejecting the U.S. offer of Polaris missiles...
...Beautiful Bait is the superior play and seems like a foray into the enchanted realm of a child's dream. It is acted by wondrously well-trained youngsters, none older than 17. The plot: a wicked prime minister, Tung Cho, tries to overthrow a royal dynasty. A loyal statesman dangles a beautiful girl (Wang Fu-jung) as bait before Tung Cho and his general...