Word: accordance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...facility at digesting official dossiers became legendary and led to his own decision-making shorthand style. "Vu" meant seen but waiting for better arguments. "Soit" meant so be it, but not the best solution. "Oui" meant O.K., but he still had reservations. Only the best dossiers got a "D'accord," meaning that the matter was settled. Pompidou began to enjoy politics with a gusto, and it showed even in his complaints. "I am bombarded with daily problems," he said one day. "I handle dossiers of a burning actuality. Everything is urgent at Matignon [the Premier's office]. But when...
...elevating Villot, the Pope is also meeting his own personal requirements, since Villot is in accord with Paul's middle-of-the-road style. During the Second Vatican Council, he was the chief diplomatic intermediary between the often hostile progressive and conservative camps. Like the Pope, he tends to be conservative theologically, but he is far less rigid than the reactionary Cicognani. Although the son of a wealthy landowner, Villot was known as a champion of "the church of the poor" while Archbishop of Lyon and had frequent and cordial contacts with many dissident groups, including the French worker...
...discussions would persuade traditionalists to re-examine their faith in the light of the 20th century. For the first time in centuries, representatives of the two major Moslem sects - the Shiite and Sunnite - held a formal dialogue on their doctrine. To their surprise, they found themselves more in accord than apart. One immediate byproduct of this harmony was a resolution to meet again and form an international Islamic research center...
ARABS and Israelis found themselves in a rare moment of accord last week. In Jerusalem, Premier Golda Meir told a Hebrew University audience: "Even our best friends do not have the right to decide for us what our conditions for peace and security should be." In Cairo, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser asserted to the Congress of his Arab Socialist Union: "No one can impose on the Arab nation what it considers to be inconsistent with its historical rights...
...guarantees that North Vietnamese troops will depart at approximately the same rate as its own, and assurance that the present Saigon government has the facilities to maintain its own security. Hanoi has expressed willingness to negotiatevftn the first condition, but adamantly insists that the U.S. must reach a separate accord with the National Liberation Front on the second?the better to emphasize the Front's legitimacy. At stake is the eventual future of a South Viet Nam without foreign troops?but faced with a sizable number of native Communist insurgents...