Word: brent
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Yeltsin called on Brent Scowcroft at the White House. "What is the objective of your visit?" asked the National Security Adviser. With no more encouragement than that, Yeltsin launched into a hortatory rhapsody about how U.S. business could "rescue" perestroika by building 1 million apartments and an entire service sector for the Soviet economy; he also plugged a joint mission to Mars. He talked virtually nonstop for a full hour...
...Milkovich's side, the legal issue is straightforward. "If the language is defamatory and may be proved false, it is plainly actionable," insists Milkovich's attorney, Brent English. Diadiun's supporters argue that making isolated facts in an article of opinion vulnerable to defamation damages would inhibit editorialists from arguing that a crook was wrongly found innocent, or sportswriters from criticizing questionable calls by umpires and referees. However, the Supreme Court -- reluctant to resolve the opinion-fact dilemma in the past -- could decide the case in a way that once again sidesteps the issue...
Later, the press lambasted the President for sending his national security adviser, Brent Scow-croft, on two secret missions to foster better ties with the Chinese leadership. And most recently, while the President has said that the U.S. will not sell China any military equipment, he gave his strong support to a measure that would maintain China's current "most-favored-nation" trade status...
...President has a propensity for physical communication," says Brent Scowcroft, his National Security Adviser. From a phone conversation, Bush gauges things like Gorbachev's conviction and assuredness, which are beyond the printed word...
UNLV 103, Duke 73 BRENT...