Word: closers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...succession is certain to sharpen debate within the Reagan Administration on how to deal with the Soviets. Some State Department officials tend to see the change in leadership as an opportunity to improve U.S.-Soviet relations by substantially modifying the U.S. START proposal to bring it closer to the Soviet position. The Pentagon, on the other hand, believes that the U.S. should not present new ideas and in effect reward the Soviets for walking out of the talks. They also suspect that the Soviet leadership is too much in disarray to negotiate an arms agreement...
...polls. He comes off as a good, gray technocrat, offering facts, not vision, often lapsing into jargon and digressions that leave audiences drowsy. He can show zest, though, sometimes speaking clearly and substantively on favorite issues, such as arms control and cutting the budget deficit. Since his positions are closer to the center than Mondale's, Glenn theoretically has a larger pool of support. But he needs to rebound quickly if he is to challenge the front runner...
...memory. we had to make layoffs". In one year. the Area B police force lost 30 percent of its budget. In police budgets, the vast majority of money is used to pay for personnel. and the cuts in officers were heavy. "We went from nearly 350 staffers to closer to 200." Johnson says...
WHEN ONE OF THEIR most respected legislators, former general Gert Bastian, withdrew from West Germany's Green Party last Thursday, the young party came one step closer to failure as a viable political institution. More disturbing than Bastian's departure in itself, however, are the issues that prompted his resignation: increasingly heated internal power struggles and a gradual reformation of party priorities...
...Greens don't actually describe themselves as anti-American. "There's a big difference between the American people and the American government. We feel closer to the American people than we do to our own government," said Bard. Nevertheless, it must not be forgotten that almost all German leftists hold contempt for an America they see as incapable of producing leadership with any greater sophistication than Ronald Reagan and his "cowboy mentality...