Word: bushing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This was all-too-painfully evident on Bush's trip to Europe two weeks ago, which brought to mind the lyrics of the song, "The Rainbow Tour," in the musical Evita. As Evita and President Peron are in the midst of a whirlwind tour of Europe, the people speak out at home...
Like Evita's tour, Bush's own "triumphant" tour of Eastern and Western Europe was just as rhetorical, just as optimistic and just as indicative of his relative lack of power in the world political scene...
WHEN given the opportunity in Poland and Hungary to reward the first signs of democratization in two socialist countries, crowds cheered him during his speeches. But Bush's initiatives failed to impress...
...package to the heavilyindebted Polish economy has been described most favorably as "modest." He is Poland's friend, too--Solidarity leader Lech Walesa felt humble serving Bush a meal in his home. But Bush has done little to help the Polish economy recover from its sorry state...
When given the opportunity to reassert America's dominance in the world economic system, Bush deferred to Japan. At the summit meeting in France of the world's seven leading industrialized countries, it was the Japanese who strode to the forefront when they announced a comprehensive aid package for Third World countries...