Word: statesmanship
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...belated discovery of a Soviet combat brigade in Cuba and have severely jeopardized rational consideration of the SALT II treaty. The events of the past four weeks provide a case study in the breakdown of constitutional process whereby the Administration and Congress are supposed to be partners in statesmanship...
...Jerusalem might have had another motive in breaking the news. He told TIME: "I think the Israelis were after the President, and I think we have desperately got to move the Camp David discussions forward. But Israel does not want to move anywhere. Nobody in Israel is capable of statesmanship at this time because everybody's playing domestic politics...
...both in his extensive coverage of SALT II for TIME and in a book he is writing on the subject. Says he: "After five years of tracking the story, usually through closed doors, it is gratifying and a relief to see it end in public, with some fanfare of statesmanship...
WHAT THIS ALL boils down to is boldfaced sophistry, a beautifully-embroidered defense of amorality, a well-fabricated philosophy of avoiding moral choices wherever possible. This ostrich-like posture is exalted to the high plane of statesmanship: Everyone wants him to do different things, Bok seems to say, so he'll do nothing at all. He'll take Engelhard's money and name the damned library after him--then the deed will be done and everybody will have to look to the future. And if critics ask to examine all future gifts to prevent further Engelhards, Bok answers that...
...time the White House considered trying to cut back on some federal aid to states that broke the guidelines, but dropped the idea because it was legally questionable as well as politically risky. Now Kahn says that the Administration will rely on "statesmanship and informed public opinion" to curb the spread of these "outrageous" increases. Unfortunately, that is not likely to be enough to hold down public wage raises, which are highly visible and thus set a tempting example for powerful unions in the trucking, electrical and other industries in this year of heavy labor bargaining...