Word: bolds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...heard virtually nothing from the powers that be about the war on drugs," Von Raab protests. "On occasion there is a ceremonial session in which some official talks to us for ten minutes, but as a practical matter, we have been becalmed for a year now. No initiatives, no bold strokes...
This unprecedented loosening of central authority is a bold but risky attempt by Gorbachev to deal with the surging tide of nationalism; he has had trouble riding that particular wave in recent months. While Baltic representatives acknowledged that their economies could not yet survive under full independence, some of the more extreme Baltic nationalists hope last week's action will ultimately lead to actual secession from the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet seems powerfully aware of the danger. Although the enabling laws granting autonomy to the republics will not be submitted to the Parliament until October, other aggrieved national groups...
...grief and fury felt in Hong Kong are the latest expression of a startling change in the colony's view of itself. Throughout its almost 150- year history as a bold, pushy trading enclave, the business of Hong Kong has been business. The colony was a place where foreigners and Chinese alike came to make money and get away from the political turmoil on the mainland. But since the student movement blossomed in Beijing last April, Hong Kong has been galvanized. It has found an identity at last, and it is Chinese...
...Polish experience posed a special dilemma for Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. On the one hand, Warsaw's bold moves toward economic and political liberalization would have been unthinkable had Gorbachev not come to power in 1985 and launched his own reforms. On the other hand, the crushing defeat of the Polish Communists could be exploited by Soviet hard-liners as an argument against political reform at home. In fact, Gorbachev's party seemed in little danger of suffering a Polish-style humiliation at the polls. For one thing, the Soviet reform impulse is coming down from the leadership rather than...
...become important in the months ahead. But what counts for now is that this time it is the U.S. challenging the Soviet Union to speed up arms talks and go beyond Moscow's initial proposals. Declared Bush: "Here we go now, on the offensive, with a proposal that is bold and that tests whether the Soviet Union will move toward balance." What counts also is that NATO has managed to hold itself together...