Word: addresses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have more will than wallet," President George Bush told the nation in his inaugural address last month. But last week, in unveiling his $1.2 trillion budget proposal before a joint session of Congress, Bush exhibited less of the former and more of the latter...
However, beneath the "kinder, gentler" rhetoric that prevailed in the president's Thursday night address lies a budget whose priorities seem out of whack. While the Bush budget completely freezes spending on many existing economic programs, it allows for an increase in defense spending to keep pace with inflation...
Then, as the stores were about to close, I spotted it. A tiny heart-shaped address book, no more than three inches high. It was perfect--not too small, not too big, not too showy, not too insignificant, and it was only $3 (about two weeks' allowance...
Shortly before dawn, the rebellion achieved its goal: the ouster of General Alfredo Stroessner, 76. As Stroessner was held unharmed under house arrest at an army residence, his longtime second-in-command and chief of the First Corps, General Andres Rodriguez, made a radio address. "I communicate to you that General Stroessner has surrendered and finds himself in perfect health, deprived of liberty." Rodriguez soon took the oath as provisional President...
Washington greeted the news as the inevitable result of Managua's social and military policies, but hinted it might be willing to negotiate with Ortega at a future date. Opposition leaders, for their part, were disappointed by the government's failure to address political issues that would guarantee democratic reforms. The Sandinistas, Insisting that their adoption of traditional economics implied no shift from revolutionary politics, are betting that their harsh measures can bring long-term economic viability to their regime...