Word: statesmanship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...continuing Israeli occupation of land Jordan administered from 1948 until 1967 galls, humiliates and weakens King Hussein, who has proved himself many times a staunch friend of the West. For all their own foot-dragging in the past, the Saudis have demonstrated true statesmanship-and implicitly recognized Israel's right to exist-in the way they helped mediate the current cease-fire in Lebanon. They are desperate for a U.S.-sponsored breakthrough in the Arab-Israeli conflict, largely to help them justify their own close ties with the U.S. Yet those ties are being strained anew by the determination...
...much grim news out of Great Britain. The highest unemployment figures (around 12%) since the Depression, all-out street fighting in the inner cities. Suddenly, within and without, everyone needed reminding: not only of past glories but of future possibilities. And what better reminder than a wedding-showmanship and statesmanship in high style? The whole country is invited; the world can look on. The monarchy is seen, resplendent, as what the British have long insisted that it has become: an extended, and exalted, surrogate family. "The royal scene is simply a presentation of ourselves behaving well," said Dame Rebecca West...
...lead to an inevitable nuclear apocalypse, but it can do a lot of damage just the same. It increases the difficulties and dangers involved in virtually every other international problem the U.S. faces. It thus follows that after a suitable interval the U.S. should take the initiative in statesmanship with the U.S.S.R.-not, certainly, to make concessions but as a pragmatic first step in its own self-interest...
Otherwise, the campaign has turned almost entirely on the candidates' personalities. Schmidt has capitalized on his basic popularity-60% of the electorate currently approve of his performance as Chancellor-and on his image as a nearly ideal embodiment of the leadership qualities West Germans seek: confidence, firmness and statesmanship-not to mention telegenic good looks. In campaign speeches to large, lustily cheering crowds, he proudly points to the country's healthy economy, its fervent commitment to detente, and its enhanced international stature. Strauss, he warns, would "squander" these hard-won achievements...
...Minister, he is nonetheless regarded as a hard-lining cold warrior. His bulldog appearance is caricatured almost daily. His rallies are beset by hecklers who hurl rotten eggs and tomatoes. Strauss's efforts to improve his image have backfired, leaving an impression of uncertainty and artificiality rather than statesmanship...