Word: basics
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Misleading Gaddafi was one thing, but what troubled Washington's press corps was the idea that it had been duped as well. Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Norman Pearlstine stood by the basic thrust of his paper's story: that the U.S. believed Libya had resumed sponsoring terrorist acts, and was exploring ways of deterring Gaddafi. But Pearlstine "deplored" the Administration's "attempt to mislead the Journal and its readers" about the "likelihood of employing some of these options." A New York Times editorial summarized the reasons for the journalistic outrage: "All media, all Americans, are vulnerable because they must...
...basic problem in Soviet-American relations is that the Soviet Union defines security in a way that makes much of the rest of the world feel insecure. Gorbachev's statements and his apparent desire for a second summit and an arms-control agreement may suggest a recognition on his part that such a policy is no longer practical in the nuclear era. Or his reassuring words could merely be part of another campaign to lull the West into complacency...
...would drastically reduce INF (intermediate-range nuclear forces) missiles and warheads. Diplomats would then try to put a pact in shape for the leaders to sign if and when they eventually meet in the U.S. That does seem possible; negotiators in Geneva have come close to accord on the basic numbers. But an INF pact is far from assured. Though Moscow no longer insists that one be linked to a reduction on long-range strategic weapons and a ban on space defenses, Gorbachev is expected to propose a different sort of linkage. He will probably urge that an INF agreement...
Congress has yet to resolve its basic standoff with the White House over how to close the budget gap without raising taxes or making major cuts in defense or social programs. After a year of Gramm-Rudman, Congress has become somewhat more frugal but mostly more inflexible. "Gramm-Rudman has helped, but it's a little like a half-successful birth-control method," mused Lynn Martin, an Illinois Republican who serves on the House Budget Committee. "It's better than nothing, but it's not as good as just saying...
...Daniloff incident suggests, these two sets of mind have a way of coming together in the strangest places, which would indicate that poetry and politics have basic things in common. One is the need to create a sense of urgency. Poets and politicians are alike in the frantic force of their opinions. When either speaks his mind, he is like the Ancient Mariner; he seizes the public by the collar as if to say: Accept my perspective and be converted...