Word: waverly
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...Syrian President. Assad has been described by Kissinger as "the most interesting man in the Middle East." He looks rather like an indulgent schoolteacher, but has been a crack jet pilot and commander of Syria's air force. In negotiations, he at first seems to waffle and waver, yet even Kissinger has come to respect his exquisite sense of timing and his decisiveness in the crunch. Outwardly modest and self-effacing, inwardly tough, Assad today appears to be consolidating his control of Syria, a country that underwent no fewer than 21 coups or coup attempts after the French mandate...
...other hand, are relieved. Fearful at first that Ford would not measure up to the job, they now seem confident that he will provide sufficient leadership. Observes a senior official in the West German government: "Ford is seen here as a straightforward man who doesn't waver. He also has a feel for international affairs and steers a very clear course." Though Ford is considered to lack Nixon's acumen and cunning in foreign affairs, he is regarded as more predictable and hence more reliable. Says Japanese Economist Nobutane Kiuchi: "The last thing the current world situation needs...
...year, however, five women received the American Isobel L. Briggs Fellowship, while in 1974 only four did. In sex-limited fellowships, the women generally did better than in 1974, and the men worse. This flux, however, represents no definite trend, and the number of fellowships given out tends to waver somewhat from year to year...
...Lipset, to give in to the "anti-intellectualism" of the new student politics, to compromise or waver in the face of its challenge, is intolerable. Capitulation of any sort--and Lipset suggests that such capitulation did take place after the Bust of University Hall--would strike something of a death blow to the very idea of Harvard...
Ford did not waver from the declarations of Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger '50 when he said the United States has accepted a reconvention of the Geneva conference on the Mideast "in principle," but is willing "to explore other forums...