Word: statesmen
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...Iraqi leadership for a chat about oil policy. And in a further sign that Western attempts to keep Baghdad isolated are crumbling, Indonesia's President Aburrahman Wahid announced last week that he, too, plans to visit in the coming weeks. Neither Chavez nor Wahid can be considered influential statesmen, but their moves are in line with recent comments by France's foreign minister Hubert Védrine that sanctions against Iraq are "cruel, ineffective and dangerous...
...more than two centuries, we are told, Harvard was the nursery of statesmen...
...There it is. Second-year Harvard Coach Tim Murphy had not only eight seniors to work with, but also a strong class of freshman swimmers. Instead of egos clashing, the elder statesmen nurtured and encouraged the amazing youngsters, creating another year of competitive Crimson success...
...same cause. Last week the President was host to a pro-China White House rally that featured robust speeches by Henry Kissinger, architect of the cold war opening to China; former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and Vice President Gore, as well as appearances by a score of statesmen and politicians, including Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura. The event underscored the high political stakes for Clinton, who hopes that passage of the bill will serve as the cornerstone for a more stable relationship with China--and a more distinguished foreign policy legacy for his presidency. If the bill is defeated...
...sources of authority. In the emerging global politics, however, state sovereignty and authority are withering, and no alternative, such as some system of world government, is about to fill the vacuum. The result is almost certain to be chaos. The basic issue for the next quarter-century is whether statesmen will have the patience and wisdom to manage this chaos in peaceful rather than violent fashion...