Word: statesman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...State Department and was made Young's deputy. Like Young, he has strong views, though he tends to express them more tactfully and precisely. Says his daughter Christina: "When he says something, he knows exactly what he is saying." He is described as the classic understated statesman with a scholar's rather than a preacher's approach to diplomacy. At his best in behind-the-scenes maneuvering, he led a protracted effort to get the Front Line African states, as well as South Africa, to agree to an independent Namibia. Talking to the press last week, McHenry...
...brilliantly sunny, almost windless day at the little fishing village of Mullaghmore overlooking Donegal Bay on Ireland's northwest coast. Lord Louis Mountbatten, 79, the distinguished war hero, diplomat and elder statesman of Britain's royal family, was summering as usual at his turreted stone castle, Classiebawn, in the green hills. Dressed in faded corduroys and rough pullover, Mountbatten was a beloved and folksy figure around Mullaghmore, where he had vacationed for 35 years. He could sometimes be seen standing knee-deep in the waters offshore, fishing for shrimp, and occasionally took local children for a ride...
...subscribe now, and for a limited time only you too can run for President, date Diane Keaton and anchor the network news!" That offer isn't being made, at least not yet, but three people who pursue such interests-as well as five more equally busy gentlemen, from Statesman Henry Kissinger to Architect I.M. Pei-have lent their names and faces to a campaign designed to attract advertisers to some of their favorite publications. The journals all have small circulat.ions, and none bulges with ads. But oh what readers! Each of the endorsers subscribes to the magazine...
Your exclusive interview with Chancellor Schmidt was so impressive that I have confidence for our Western world because he is part of it. He may be the statesman...
...search for causes of the electoral decline has resulted in recriminations aimed at the party's leadership. Citing "errors at the top," the party's peppery elder statesman, Giancarlo Pajetta, warned: "Someone with responsibility will have to pay." That someone might be Berlinguer. Although he has not been publicly attacked by his fellow Communists, Berlinguer's authority is being seriously questioned for the first time since he took over the party...