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Muskie will unquestionably have support from the foreign offices of America's allies. Vance was tremendously respected abroad, and his loss made the allies anxious. Said a British official of Vance: "A wise head, an experienced and accomplished diplomat and a fine professional." Said a senior chancellery official in Bonn: "What apparently concerned Vance about the rescue mission is exactly what worried us. And that he stood alone in the closest councils of the President only proves that our worries about the Administration are sound." A Foreign Minister returning from the summit meeting of the European Community cited European fears...
Vance is still puzzled by this one blind spot in a man whom he otherwise regards as a wise and potentially great statesman. Perhaps Carter's conviction that right makes might-that morality, truth and trust matter so much in politics-prevented him from viewing the Soviet Union more pragmatically at the outset, then caused him to overreact when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Carter's lack of an intuitive grasp of how to deal with the Soviets, combined with his righteous wrath over their misbehavior, has made him all the more susceptible to what Vance sees as Brzezinski...
...first year was a foreign policy feat. Britain, to great acclaim, ended the seven-year-old Rhodesian civil war and brought majority rule to Zimbabwe in free and surprisingly fair elections. Observes an acerbic old-line British diplomat: "In foreign policy she has proved to be very wise by leaving it to [Foreign Secretary Lord] Carrington. But he couldn't have done it without her backing." Not coincidentally, Thatcher's worst performance came when Carrington, preoccupied with Rhodesia, was away from her side. At the European Community's summit in Dublin last November, she alienated her Continental...
Michael Moynihan, chairman of the GSAS student council, said yesterday "it wouldn't be wise" to remove teaching restrictions because "there's a tendency for Faculty to take advantage of graduate students...
...political pressure from the losers to determine our nation's industrial policy. We must find ways both to reduce the cost and intervention of government but at the same time to increase its planning and coordinating capacities. Government and only government can make certain strategic decisions. To do so wise, however, requires drawing on the competence which only businessmen and labor can bring. A new mission for trade unions is essential. For, with bitter relations, we all lose. Redirecting our efforts will at best require many years, but certain trends may be irreversible if we do not act quickly...