Word: actualizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...generating any harmful backlash. The Democratic candidate handled the sensitive situation with a deftness and caution which bespoke his past experience as a behind-the-scenes negotiator. He kept quiet about precisely what was said in his discussion with the Soviet Foreign Minister. He also carefully avoided jumping into actual negotiations himself, advising Gromyko in no uncertain terms to go back to the bargaining table with the Reagan Administration and upholding the President's supreme jurisdiction over national security and diplomatic matters. Despite the heatedness of the Presidential campaign now, Mondale last week did not try to steal Reagan...
...White House briefing, Meese happily embraced the Stein report. He said it confirmed that he and his wife "have never taken advantage of an official position to obtain private gain." His ordeal, Meese said, had taught him "the need for constant vigilance and sensitivity, not only to actual conduct but also to how conduct may be perceived." President Reagan said that if reelected, he would resubmit the Meese nomination when the new Senate meets in January...
...Reagan administration carries out a rhetorical, and arguably an actual, war against Nicaragua, an group of Harvard faculty members who have visited the country is publicly challenging the Administration's portrayal of and policies towards the small Central American nation...
...tell the church to stay out of politics, if politics is defined as that universe of activity in which people collectively decide what the public good is and how to pursue it. The church teaches moral principles and values, and these inevitably spill over into public affairs, sometimes into actual policy, like civil rights and nuclear arms. But political partisanship-choosing sides in elections, endorsing or vetoing candidates-is another matter altogether...
...with Terrence Young's filn. The Jigsaw Man, there is yet another product from the Philby industry, albeit a cheap one. This half-hearted attempt at a spy caper feeds heavily upon the actual case as well as borrowing generously from Le Carre's work--though without any of the former's excitement. Has Young gone to the well once too often, or is the subject simply in need of more skillful handling...