Word: troubleshooting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...much power. Beyond that, Washington has not had its top representative in Beirut since January: Ambassador G. McMurtrie Godley is on sick leave recovering from a throat cancer operation. But last week the State Department summoned L. Dean Brown, 55, a highly regarded Arabist, out of retirement to troubleshoot in the beleaguered city...
West has so far used his mandate wisely. Vowing to break "the vicious cycle of illiteracy, ignorance and poverty," he pledged to minority groups "no special status other than full-fledged responsibility in a government that is totally color blind." He established a Human Relations Advisory Commission to troubleshoot touchy racial problems, and hired as a top aide a young black social worker, James Clyburn. West also made a startling gesture for a South Carolina Governor by hailing the conviction (by an all-white jury) of three white men who overturned school buses in the strife-torn community of Lamar...