Word: statesman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...probably never was and certainly is not now. He sometimes seems to be dancing a curious line between fabulous profits and grim losses. What he was and continues to be is the world's biggest spender, a man whose unrivaled profligacy gilds his self-image as a grand merchant-statesman. This soft-spoken man with a gift for putting people at ease, the product of a strict Islamic upbringing from one of the world's most conservative and ascetic nations, has become an international symbol of sybaritic self-indulgence. "I am an artist with my wealth," he says in quiet...
MacDonald, a junior, is the link between past greatness and an uncertain--but potentially ripe--future. He skated for two years with Fusco and Smith, two years older than he, and now will be the elder statesman of the new first line...
Indeed, Charles is admired throughout the United Kingdom for his ability as a statesman. "He's an ambassador of Britain in a very real sense. In effect, he's a salesman of Great Britain," says Wallace T. MacCaffrey, Higginson Professor of History. A recent British poll asked citizens whom they would most want to see become president of Great Britain if the country were to become a democracy. Prince Charles was one of the most popular choices, along with his father Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. "He's a very important political symbol," says Peter A. Hall, assistant professor...
...perhaps the mildest of the many epithets he had to endure. At various times he was dubbed a playboy by the press, a traitor to his class by Wall Street and a Communist sympathizer by the Republican right. In history's verdict, he will be better remembered as a statesman who served his country with distinction...
...Nixon resigned the presidency. Since he is the only U.S. President ever to visit the Kremlin, some diplomats speculated that Nixon might be helping to pave the way for a U.S.-Soviet summit. Others attributed the trip to Nixon's continuing campaign to build his image as a senior statesman...