Word: statesman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Coptic Christians. The mosques were "nationalized," police details were bolstered on university campuses and an investigation of the state bureaucracy began. Following these moves, Sadat declared in a tough speech that "lack of discipline in any way or form" had ended in his country. This time, however, the visionary statesman and consummate strategist had fatally misjudged the situation: his killers emerged from a cauldron of seething unrest and fanaticism...
...statesman must never be viewed as starry-eyed. He must have vision and depth; he must also translate his intuition into reality against sometimes resistant material. Sadat was neither starry-eyed nor soft. He was not a pacifist. He did not believe in peace at any price. I never doubted that in the end he would create heroes if no other course he considered honorable was left...
Sadat had an uncanny discernment. He handled four American Presidents with consummate psychological skill. He treated Nixon as a great statesman, Ford as a living manifestation of good will, Carter as a missionary almost too decent for this world and Reagan as the benevolent leader of a popular revolution, subtly appealing to each man's conception of himself and gaining the confidence of each. He worked at identifying America's interest with...
...AVIV, Israel--Moshe Dayan, Israel's former defense and foreign minister, died yesterday at a Tel Aviv hospital of a heart attack. The statesman, famous for his work in framing the Camp David peace accords with Egypt, was 66-years-old. Prime Minister Menachem Begin has ordered a state funeral for Dayan, an Israeli government an- nouncement said...
...government half of foreign oil companies' profits-he was toppled and forced again into exile. Returning to win an election victory in 1958, he promoted land reform and educational improvements during his second term. He peacefully relinquished power in 1964 and took up an influential role as elder statesman. Unlike many Latin American politicians, Betancourt left office faithful to his pledge that "the only wealth I have is my honor...