Word: technocrat
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François Mitterrand needed a moderate Premier who could reassure a nation still caught uneasily between jubilation and the jitters over the novelty of a Socialist in the Elysée Palace. But he could not accept another bloodless technocrat of the kind that he had criticized in the Giscard regime. He needed a political figure with a popular touch. No one fit that description better than Pierre Mauroy, 52. The big (6 ft. 2 in.) burly mayor of the northern industrial center of Lille, Mauroy (pronounced Mawr-wah) is an archetypal man of the north, pragmatic, hardworking...
...with Haig as Kissinger's top Soviet specialist: "My guess is that he will do pretty well. He won't see problems in isolation. He may connect them more than a lot of people's taste would warrant." Rejecting the view that Haig is an unimaginative technocrat, Sonnenfeldt says "he has a broad and creative vision and a special talent for recognizing the connection between issues." Other observers, such as former White House staffers and senior State Department officials, note that even though Haig is not a grand strategist in the Kissinger manner, he compensates for that...
...broadly based political institutions. If there is anything to mourn, it may be the passing of the old Saudi Arabia. Already there is a detectable sense of regret for a lost way of life that can never be recaptured. "If you go to the tribes now," says a Saudi technocrat, "you will find gentlemen Bedouins, like gentlemen farmers, who hire a caretaker for the sheep while they enjoy the luxuries of their new villa." But then he notes with hopeful satisfaction that after Hawaii, after Los Angeles, after Europe, many Saudis are returning to cherish some of the old ways...
...Prime Minister, 54, a conservative technocrat from one of Spain's most prominent political families, has tried to fill the power vacuum created by the resignation of Adolfo Suarez six weeks ago with what aides describe as "calm preoccupation." He has named a Cabinet of holdovers from the Suarez government, but he has also undertaken a round of consultations with opposition leaders...
...Reagan never gave Haig a firm no, and, like any bold technocrat, the Secretary interpreted this as a green light to begin putting his ideas into action. He arrived at State with half a dozen or so trusted associates, who helped him quickly assemble a crew of experienced assistants and deputies. "My nominees," he has pointedly called them, despite White House aides' reminders that they were really presidential appointments...