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...Brian Toon of NASA's Ames center says the cloud could reduce temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere by a degree or so next summer-enough to affect growing seasons and rainfall. Others say the effect will be too negligible, only a few tenths of a degree. Scientists will have plenty of time to decide the issue: it may take up to five years before all the dust from El Chichon settles back to earth. Says DeLuisi: "We've got a nice little experiment going on here...
...author of these grumpy assessments is Malcolm Toon, 65, a retired foreign service officer who served as Ambassador to Israel and the Soviet Union during his 33-year career. In an interview with the Foreign Service Journal, Toon charged that President Reagan is using major diplomatic posts as a "dumping ground" for cronies and financial backers...
Complained Toon, who was replaced in Moscow by former IBM Chairman Thomas Watson in 1979: "We do not have to accept the poor sort of talent we have seen over the past year...
...real question about diplomats is not what they used to be but how well they are doing now, and on this score, Toon's critiques appear to be mostly wide of the mark. In London, Ambassador Louis is well liked by the Foreign Office and respected by his own career subordinates as a hard worker. Galbraith, a former banker, is considered by many in Paris to be the right kind of conservative to represent a business-oriented Administration to the new Socialist government...
Despite his language gap, Rabb is regarded by other Western diplomats in Rome as energetic and highly visible, if somewhat unversed in Italian politics and culture. Toon, however, may have a point about the standoffish Gavin, who keeps a low profile and is known for his hot tem per in dealing with staff and press. Refer ring to his country's best-known comedian, one Mexican official suggested...