Word: address
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Tuesday night, Wright dined with his wife Betty in a House restaurant, went to the chamber for the President's address, then rushed to his office to start speaking live just four minutes after Reagan finished. He opened with a historical reference: in the English Commons dating back to the 14th century, he noted, "speakers" were those designated to speak to the King, a role that occasionally cost them their heads. It made the point that loyal opposition plays an important but sometimes thankless role in a democratic system...
With those feisty words in his State of the Union address, Ronald Reagan last week heralded what may be one of the major initiatives of his remaining years in office: a new assault on America's horrendous trade deficit. The President was also signaling an important change of tactics. After two years of beating back congressional efforts to pass protectionist trade legislation, the White House is about to bring forth an omnibus bill that seeks to toughen trade laws and enhance American competitiveness. The Administration initiative, which will reach Capitol Hill in late February, is part and parcel...
What in Lenin's name was going on in Moscow? Soviet oratory can be numbingly dull and dutiful, but the interminable speeches at least provided time for a good snooze. Mikhail Gorbachev had hardly got going in his address to the Central Committee last week, however, when the 307 members must have realized that this was a speech they could not afford to sleep through. Though Gorbachev went on for some three hours, there was hardly a dull moment. The General Secretary of the Communist Party had a bracing message for his colleagues in the Kremlin: the Soviet socialist system...
...themes ("we've created a welfare monster"), all the usual ebullient optimism ("freedom is on the march"), all the familiar patriotic flourishes ("starting the third century of a dream") rang through his 40-minute talk. Relieved supporters told one another that the President's sixth State of the Union address was "vintage Reagan...
...applause, although they seemed hearty on television, were in fact strained. Younger conservative House members came to the chamber determined to whoop it up for a beleaguered President -- the more so because some had been warned by Republican Leader Robert Michel, who had seen an advance copy of the address, that "it ain't going to be much of a speech." The Young Turks leaped to their feet clapping and shouting at the most routine lines, pretty much forcing senior Republicans to join...