Word: coaxed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington's belief in the Botha government's commitment to real change. Since 1981 the Reagan Administration has steadfastly pursued a line of "constructive engagement," under which the U.S. refrains from openly criticizing the South African regime and hopes instead, through diplomatic pressure and behind-the-scenes negotiation, to coax it toward easing the strictures of apartheid. While making it clear that U.S. policy was not going to change, Washington officials publicly warned that last week's show of force "cannot help prospects for a dialogue, which the government itself has said it wants." Privately, officials were even franker about...
...shrewd - whose hair seems to have been colored by a box of melted Crayolas and who dresses in the kinds of duds gypsies might wear if they had proms. Part Piaf, part Little Peggy March, she also has a razzle- dazzle, multi-octave range, a voice that can coax a broken promise out of a ballad or pin a rocker right to the mat. She has the whole package. But Madonna has the look...
...sometimes charmless with her subordinates. "She is a demanding person in that she knows what she wants, she wants the best and she wants it right now," says the presidential aide. "If there's a fault in there, it's that she doesn't take the time to coax things out of people. She demands." "She does get obsessive about detail," says Son Ron. "That is part of her personality. It's like her worrying." Naturally, she is most obsessive and fretful about the President. "She is fiercely loyal to my father," says their son. "I think...
...condition that it be filled by a female scholar. The professor, a medieval historian named Helen Maud Cam,learned as many lessons at Harvard as she taught. In her first years here, she was barred from attending morning services at Memorial Church; only after a struggle did she coax the church into bending its men-only rule...
Heedful of these complaints, the Reagan Administration has been trying to coax the Japanese into allowing the yen to rise in value. The task has not been easy. As one American economist points out, the Japanese Finance Ministry "likes to study every issue for a decade or so." But now, after a series of meetings in Washington, Tokyo, Hawaii and Rome, a deal appears to have been struck. It is expected to be announced this week...