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Because the conclusion of even a partial nuclear test ban is regarded as the necessary first step toward an East-West detente, the air of confidence prompted statesmen on both sides of the Iron Curtain to begin looking beyond the Moscow talks toward other negotiable issues. In Washington, President Kennedy told his news conference it was "clear that these negotiations, if successful, should lead on to wider discussions among other nations." But the President seemed in no hurry to rush into a top-level meeting with Khrushchev. "There is no evidence," he said, "that a summit is indicated or needed...
...most of Salazar's foes, is often denounced as a Communist, is an astute politician and an able organizer. He has built a nationwide following among the mulatto elite who would be the logical leaders of independent Angola, and last week in Addis Ababa urged Africa's statesmen to help lance "the abscess of rivalry" between the two movements...
...partners, forming a new Continental community as rich and populous as the U.S. Then, armed with broad tariff-cutting powers under President Kennedy's Trade Expansion Act, the U.S. was prepared to negotiate with Europe the biggest, boldest liberalization of trade in Western history. From economic partnership, many statesmen believed, would come the political framework of an Atlantic Community. Tired of Concessions. How far this grand design has receded from reality is only now becoming fully apparent. The disintegration started last January, when, as all the world knows, Charles de Gaulle vetoed Britain's admission to the Common...
Nevertheless, there is a lot of common ground. They are all politicians and not statesmen. This is not to accuse them of venality; rather, they all operate on a personal basis, considering how things affect people; they do not have an obsession with always doing the "right thing," hoping that history will absolve them. Furthermore, all of them are politicians with a special touch for people. They have something more than the rather common ability to shake hands vigorously and say bland things to a disinterested electorate...
...fact that the freshmen are politicians and not statesmen also produces a split in their conceptions of themselves. Many politicians simply love to run for office, and pine away between times; office has just as much utility to them as does the brass ring to the kid on a merry-go-round: you can (hopefully) get another ride around. Most of these Senators take genuine delight in running for office; only Nelson, who had campaigned for four straight years, admits he was tired of the whole business. Many actions are taken with a view to the eventual reckoning. "Though...