Word: statesmanly
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...collection they had on their walls than about profits." Insiders complained that top managers seemed to be chosen for their tailoring and the virile timbre of their voices rather than for their administrative skills or financial savvy. Rockefeller appeared to be off frequently, polishing his reputation as a world statesman by visiting Yugoslavia's late President Josip Broz Tito or the Shah of Iran...
...leadership business." Additional insights came from President Harry Truman, by way of Rosalynn Carter, whom Sidey interviewed for the story. "She had been reading his memoirs and had come up with a favorite quotation: 'Any schoolboy's afterthought is worth more than the forethought of the greatest statesman.' I think she was trying to tell me something, but with a smile...
Visitors to the White House have wondered at Carter's literal acceptance of dovish letters from Leonid Brezhnev. The ruler of a critical Middle East country showed another statesman a handwritten note from the President that was viewed by the recipient as a near insult, a naive and flawed view of the forces at work among Arabs. During the months that the Panama Canal treaties were being discussed, Carter worried in his secret meetings about the fact that the U.S. had never admitted guilt in grabbing control in the Canal Zone and demanding absolute rule there. His hang...
...Former President, let me try to make myself clearer. I think it's a shame for someone of your experience and expertise to sit around like some kind of elder statesman just acting wise...
...allowed the ultra-conservative elements to exert influence disproportionate to their support among the electorate. Former president Gerald R. Ford was introduced by a film whose soundtrack featured the melancholy ode "What I Did for Love." In his speech, he insisted he was not an elder statesman; he pledged that he would be active in campaigning to defeat Carter while failing to mention whether he would try to move the party back to a more responsible, centrist position...