Word: statesman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tough talk, no declarations that the Soviets are "the focus of evil in the modern world," no boasts that the "march of freedom and democracy ... will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history." Enter Reagan the statesman, man of peace and reason, holding out an olive branch to the Kremlin. "I am willing to meet and talk any time," he declared at a White House press conference last week. "The door is open. Every once in a while, we're standing in the doorway, seeing if anyone's coming up the steps...
...both courtesy and pragmatism, they were reluctant to tangle with a politician running so strongly for reelection. Reagan returned home last week with his image as statesman enhanced...
...since France's Prince de Talleyrand, who survived the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte and the restored Bourbon monarchy, has a statesman pursued his craft with such success under so many different masters. Gromyko has served the Soviet state through all of its tortuous transformations, from Stalinist despotism to the vicissitudes of the Andropov and Chernenko years. He has dealt with nine U.S. Presidents, starting with Franklin D. Roosevelt, and 14 Secretaries of State. Says a diplomat who meets often with Gromyko: "He remembers not because he read a brief or a book, but as often as not because...
Hugh M. Calkins '45 is the elder statesman of the Corporation; appointed in 1968, he is the senior member and the head of the board's most watched subcommittee, the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR). During debate over the University's investments in companies which do business in South Africa over the last six years, Calkins has been the Corporation's point-man on the issue...
Though the voyage promises more symbol than substance, neither side is down-playing the value of that symbolism. For Reagan, the trip underscores his commitment to the Pacific Basin and polishes his image as statesman while his Democratic presidential opponents prepare to slug it out in the Texas caucuses. For Deng Xiaoping, China's de facto leader although he holds no top government or party title, the journey will reaffirm China's determination to broaden its ties with the West. It will also allow millions of Americans following Reagan's trip on television to get an unusually close look...