Word: bushing
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...doesn't take a public relations consultant to understand that this is not the way to the heart of the Average Voter. What made Bush endearing to so many voters was his superficial commonness, not a confession of highbrow pursuits. Republicans should have stuck to a proven formula: pork rinds and horseshoes...
...abortion-rights issue. During the campaign, which in some cases began to resemble a plebiscite on abortion rights. several Republicans backpedaled frantically from hardline anti-abortion stances. They either reversed their positions, as did Giuliani and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jim Courter, or minimized the issue, as did President Bush last Tuesday...
...Bush's aides also expect that the symbolism of a summit will help boost Gorbachev's faltering position at home. Said one: "The image of these two guys on cruisers in the Med, talking about the world, has to be a plus for Gorbachev." Yet Soviet officials say symbolism counts for little when their store shelves are empty and their restive nationalities are in turmoil. Last week alone Gorbachev got several doses of new trouble. Coal miners in Vorkuta, north of the Arctic Circle, struck in defiance of legislation that makes such walkouts illegal. Coal strikes earlier this year have...
...details of the discussion, however, will prove to be far less significant than the long-anticipated encounter between the two leaders. The eleven months that George Bush has required before he would come face-to-face with Mikhail Gorbachev is more time than it took for Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev to meet and overcome their mutual suspicion. The 1985 Geneva summit between Gorbachev and Reagan proved that a get-together need not end with formal agreements to produce important results. In their staterooms off Malta, the U.S. and Soviet Presidents may finally launch a partnership to deal with the difficult...
NATION: In a sudden warming of their chilly relationship, Bush and Gorbachev agree to a "saltwater summit...