Word: statesmanly
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...final analysis, all one can really do when assessing a politician is to measure his contributions against his shortcomings. On that account, the pharmacist's son-turned-statesman comes out deserving of the veneration he has been accorded. When historians decide, as is their wont, which men can be called "great"--which combine consistent articulation of ideals with a constructive and inspiring approach to the conduct of public affairs, Hubert Humphrey will justifiably be among them...
...diplomatic coup de thé?tre. In retrospect, there should not have been too much surprise that it was Sadat, of all the Middle East's leaders, who moved in an unexpected way to get peace negotiations stirring again. Sadat is a far more vigorous and visionary statesman than has been generally perceived. And he has shown in the past that he is capable of surprises. In 1971, which he boldly and perhaps foolishly declared would be a "year of decision" for the Middle East, he offered to search for a peace settlement with Israel?a proposal that the Jerusalem...
...biggest question was whether Begin, this perennial angry voice of the opposition in the Knesset since Israel's founding, had the imaginative gifts to become a statesman once power was his. The flexibility he has demonstrated in responding to Cairo's peace initiatives so far indicates that the answer well may be yes. Begin should have no trouble taking forthright moves for he is bolstered by his enormous self-confidence. His countrymen appreciate this. According to a popular apocryphal story currently making the rounds in Israel, the Premier's wife Aliza ruins an omelet that...
...grown closer since resignation. Their professional association continues, though its focus has changed somewhat. Whereas hardly three-and-a-half years ago. Price collaborated with Nixon on the president's pronouncements on the highest affairs of state, today Price serves as a literary aide-de-camp for the disgraced statesman, as he pens his memoirs in the seclusion of his San Clemente estate...
...former president's confidante appears particularly circumspect in speculating on what elder statesman role Nixon may be able to play in the future, and it is clear that Price believes media rehabilitation of Nixon must precede a public role for the 37th president. "Obviously, I think Nixon's a tremendous national resource and it's a shame he can't be used. I don't think it's realistic to expect him to be used at this point," Price says. Price seems uncomfortable when conjecturing about what type of elder statesman role might suit Nixon...