Word: bolds
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Thus, in his most defiant manner, Begin declared last week that Ronald Reagan's peace plan for the Middle East was "stillborn." Never mind that the Reagan proposals had been hailed by a wide range of governments and foreign policy experts and even many U.S. Jewish organizations as a bold and promising initiative. Or that the plan was taken seriously by the 20 Arab nations holding a summit last week in Fez, Morocco. To the proud and stubborn Israeli leader, whose cooperation in any Middle East peace process would be essential, the whole idea of the plan was anathema...
Cyrus Vance, who served as Jimmy Carter's Secretary of State, said of the plan: "It is a bold stroke, and I totally support it. It is wholly consistent with Camp David. I sat through every meeting up there, and I know pretty clearly what took place." George Ball, a former Under Secretary of State and a persistent critic of the Begin government, lauds the Reagan proposals for "putting a kind of pressure on the Israelis either to go forward or to play the role of opposing the plan...
...creative U.S. diplomacy to put an end to incessant bloodshed and lead the way to peace. The greatest opportunity of all has arisen, paradoxically, from the death and destruction of the war in Lebanon, which has upset political allegiances and power structures. Last week President Ronald Reagan launched a bold and ambitious initiative to seize the historic moment...
...bold French plan for giving away electronic phone books
...reaction to López Portillo's bold plan was sharply divided. Bankers and some businessmen were outraged. Said Carlos Abedrop Davila, president of the Association of Bankers of Mexico: "Nationalization of private banking will aggravate the current crisis." The government's top banker, Miguel Mancera Aguayo, director of the Bank of Mexico, promptly resigned, apparently in protest over the nationalization. Labor unions and left-wing political groups, however, praised López Portillo. "We believe that these measures will strengthen the economy," said Jose Dorantes Segovia, president of the Labor Congress...