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...scheme. Once again, Ford's better idea has been low on performance and high on p.r. But at a time like this--when the nation can ill afford frivolous items of any sort--we truly cannot afford solutions based on ready smiles, simple panaceas and WIN buttons. We need statesmanship, not showmanship...

Author: By Mark A. Feldstein, | Title: Is Ford's a Better Idea? | 1/29/1975 | See Source »

...display of statesmanship, which returned a country suppressed by autocratic tyranny to democracy, I nominate Premier of Greece Constantine Caramanlis for Man of the Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Dec. 30, 1974 | 12/30/1974 | See Source »

...Ervin Jr., LL.D., Democratic Senator from North Carolina. When it seemed there was little integrity left, his statesmanship captured the nation's imagination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Kudos: Round 1 | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

There is one way and one way only by which the crisis can be resolved and the country pulled out of the Watergate swamp. I propose an extraordinary act of statesmanship and courage-an act at once noble and heartbreaking; at once serving the greater interests of the nation, the institution of the presidency, and the stated goals for which he [Nixon] so successfully campaigned. That act is Richard Nixon's own voluntary resignation as President of the United States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Resignation: An Act of Statesmanship | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

John and Mario Thomas as by his statesmanship, insist on being briefed by no one else. In Cairo he is referred to as "the American magician." Taxi drivers reverently point out to tourists the streets along which he has traveled, and when the car hits a pothole the cry is, "Where's Kissinger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Superstar Statecraft: How Henry Does It | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

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