Word: addresses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Characteristically, Carter tackled several controversial problems simultaneously when he flew up to New York City early in the week to address the U.N. and confer with a raft of world statesmen. His 35-minute U.N. speech was restrained and unexceptional, although he did announce-without explaining further -that Washington and Moscow "are within sight of a significant agreement" in the SALT talks. The U.S., he said, was "willing to go as far as possible" to limit or cut its nuclear weapons. "On a reciprocal basis," he went on, the U.S. could immediately "reduce them by 10% or 20%, even...
...meeting, waving placards that read FAIRNESS FOR FARMERS and SAVE THE IMPERIAL VALLEY. As more than 50 huge tractors churned around the building, farmers warned that the show was only a dress rehearsal for an even larger demonstration scheduled for Oct. 22 in Los Angeles -where President Carter will address a Democratic Party fund-raising dinner...
Meanwhile, during his appearance before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Carter attempted to set a course for the Geneva mountain somewhere between the declaration with the Soviets and his deal with Dayan. During his 35-minute address, Carter touched on many of the code words and phrases most cherished by both sides in the Middle East debate (see box). He supported legitimate Palestinian "rights" ?which Carter, in a slip of the tongue that drew a chuckle from even the somber Dayan, first called "Panamanian" rights. (One Latin American delegate observed, "He's hung up on the canal...
...Goldberg delivered his speech, which had been much revised by Administration policy planners. The final approved version did not clatter over the embassy Teletype from Washington until 2:30 a.m. the day he was to read it. Startling delegates by greeting them in Serbian and frequently ad-libbing (his address ran twelve minutes longer than the prescribed 30 minutes), Goldberg read off a list of human rights violations but named no names or countries. He noted that there had been "encouraging evidence of progress" since Helsinki, but concluded that "the progress displayed is not progress enough...
That purpose is not just to entertain but to address her countrymen during a time of national crisis. It may no longer be possible for the novel to serve as such a podium; too many other diversions compete for the public's attention. But The Ice Age is Drabble's reminder that writers are also citizens of a dangerous, uncertain world, and that social responsiblity need not be parked outside the door of the study. - Paul Gray