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The interview, occasioned by McPherson's 70 th birthday, appeared in the "Style" section of Oct. 20's Washington Post . McPherson was introduced, quite properly, as an important former aide to Lyndon Johnson and author of a "much-praised" memoir, A Political Education . Chatterbox will even go along with the interview's overall tone of deference (headline: "The Long View of a Changing Capital"); from a distance, McPherson has always struck Chatterbox as a kind, thoughtful, and (for the most part) honorable man.
A separate Post story notes that the House put off voting on a bill to strengthen Taiwan-American military relations in deference to the negotiations with China.
Yet al Qaeda's deference to Hambali's turf apparently had limits.
Albania appealed to the Allies for control of Kosovo but, considered an insignificant state, was rebuffed in deference to Serbian claims.
The deference the Senate used to grant sub-Cabinet nominees is vanishing, too.