Word: headedness
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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The appointment was generally applauded overseas. Said a senior British diplomat: "Haig was Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington's first choice. He is in our view a highly intelligent, clear-headed and able man." Added a top-ranking foreign policy adviser in Bonn: "He is extremely well equipped for the...
There had never been much doubt about the outcome. During the three-month campaign, the ruling military commission headed by Paolo Muwanga gave Obote's well-endowed party every advantage over its impoverished rival, the Catholic-dominated Democratic Party. Droves of government Land-Rovers distributed Obote's red...
The two factions were kept apart by the Indonesians, who sat between them at all the meetings. Professor Subroto, the Indonesian Energy Minister, headed off a vote on including Iran's denunciation of Iraq in the official record by telling the legend of the man who must decide whether...
DIED. Kamel Abdel Rahman, 72, Palestinian contractor who headed one of the largest construction firms in the Middle East and was reportedly a top financier of the Palestine Liberation Organization; of complications resulting from a fall; in Cannes, France. Abdel Rahman, whose Consolidated Construction Co. built more than 2,000...
Much of the press lives by leaks these days, but it pays a price for them that it may not want to think about. With increased frequency, the New York Times's front page quotes from documents "made available to the Times." By whom? Not stated. That was part...