Word: statesman
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...India-Pakistan relationship have trumped the peaceful ambitions of these two, not the other way round. But as they work to avert a new war on the subcontinent, both the poet and the general might usefully recall how each has publicly aspired to the higher title of statesman...
...position. "Where is the moral authority of the world's only superpower? Where are its ethics and principles when international pressure is needed on the Israeli side? By destroying the PNA and Arafat, Sharon intends to erase the peace process altogether... One does not need to be a world statesman to predict the fallout and impact of chaos on the other bank of the river on neighboring countries, especially Jordan?The Israelis should beware, too: If any of them still really wants peace, they must know that Sharon is shattering their dreams for good...
...fell one agonizing point short of qualification, and the 1995 World Footballer of the Year knows that, at 35, he won't get another chance. "If I don't play in the World Cup, it wasn't meant to be," he said just before Liberia was eliminated. For this statesman of a footballer, there will be no consolation goal...
...national consensus on how to deal with Pyongyang. Above all, step back from the day-to-day fray of party politics and be more presidential. Says Park Jong Wha, a Presbyterian church leader: "I told him, You are the Nobel prizewinner. You should focus on becoming an elder statesman. You should be like South Africa's Nelson Mandela...
...with Pyong-yang. Above all, step back from the day-to-day fray of party politics and act presidential. Otherwise, they warned, his presidency could unravel. "I told him: 'You are the Nobel Prize winner,'" recalls Park Jong Wha, a Presbyterian minister. "'You should focus on becoming an elder statesman. You should be like South Africa's Nelson Mandela...