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Word: superambassador (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1979-1979
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Usage:

...Superambassador with clout

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Carter's Envoy | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

Israeli and Egyptian officials appear happy with Strauss's appointment, if only because they are convinced that he will have Carter's ear. The Egyptians expect the autonomy talks to be long, difficult and tedious; the appointment of a superambassador with political clout is regarded as a sure sign of Washington's commitment to the peace process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Carter's Envoy | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...damn fool enough to think I know anything about the Middle East." Thus, with a typically guileful display of candor, Robert S. Strauss, 60, assessed his qualifications for the diplomatic assignment passed on to him last week by Jimmy Carter: to be the nation's superambassador for the second stage of Middle East peace negotiations, which begin in 3½ weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Texas Envoy | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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