Word: statesman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recruits ferret out converts for their congregations. The message comes across differently now--the pastor's eyes are compassionate; he tells you he loves you and he's trying to help you. So if you can't vote for Ben-jamin Bubar, the ultra-conservative candidate of the National Statesman Party [formerly the Prohibition Party], at least cast your ballot for Reagan. Use the Bible as your voter information guide...
...best a statesman can do is to listen to the rustle of God's mantle through history and try to catch the hem of it for a few steps. -Bismarck
...economic summit in Montreal, and get out of politics with his name etched gloriously in history. He has long since abandoned his image of flair for one of jaded wisdom. When September's negotiations between the provinces and the federal government broke down, Trudeau sketched himself as elder statesman converged on by a group of angry, self-serving opportunists. While Levesque scored the most short-term points by saying "I told you so," Trudeau emerged as a voice of reason--troubled yet firm. He could call for a national referendum on whether to bring the constitution home, with a good...
...Trick Pony's theme is of an aging rock star trying to cope with his confused lifestyle. In Simon's own case, though, he's playing the role of pop elder statesman quite well. He's a genuine rarity: a veteran singer/songwriter who's developed rather than burned...
Running ahead of his party as usual, Schmidt, 61, had a personal approval rating of 60% going into the election. His image was that of effective head of government, perhaps without peer, and renowned world statesman. No matter that he is reserved, even chilly. West German voters like some distance in their leaders, along with stability, firmness and caution. His government, both at home and abroad, Schmidt pledged, would stay "calculable, predictable and balanced...