Word: statesmanly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...figure in Iraq. But he knew that Iraq's boy king, Feisal II, would ask him to try again, and Nuri would have a chance to form a new government, with a widened Cabinet. In office or out, the adroit, 68-year-old Nuri is the senior Arab statesman of the Middle East, and the Middle East's strongest pro-Western statesman...
...Senior Statesman. In a part of the world where the old Ottoman title of Pasha is still popularly bestowed on all sorts of generals and paladins, Iraqis mean only one man when they speak of "The Pasha." His countrymen fear, respect, or stand in awe of Nuri; they do not love him, and though he has been managing their country's affairs since before most of them were born, few Iraqis know him as a human being. He rules them as a dictator, with an indifference to their opinion that verges on contempt...
Citation: "He became indeed a statesman, striving to unify men and nations in their groping for peace. Now his duties have changed, but the goal remains. He is the humanitarian; the Red Cross is his beneficent battalion; and his is the helping hand outstretched to those touched by calamity...
Citation: "In the critical view of informed judgment, he is the foremost labor statesman in the world...
Herter, until last year Governor of the Commonwealth and a former Overseer, was cited: "Quondam classicist whose presence graced these meetings; statesman secure in Harvard's affection...