Word: communist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...should swoon over Gorbachev and confuse him for a liberal reformer intent on bringing political freedom to the oppressed peoples of the communist bloc. Nor should one forget that a bloated bureaucracy and an entrenched party still present formidable obstacles to Gorbachev's reforms...
Skeptics argue that the summit was designed to strengthen Gorbachev's hand for the upcoming Communist Party conference. This meeting is crucial for the Soviet leader, who will seek approval of measures to loosen Moscow's grip on industry and daily life, to democratize the Communist Party, and to strengthen freedoms of speech, conscience, and assembly...
...dominant rhetoric of Reagan's early years in office--grim warnings about the communist menace, invocations against the "evil empire" and denunciations of America's supposed "cave-in" to the Soviets during detente--has suddenly become passe...
...President has repeatedly expressed his admiration for Gorbachev's efforts at glasnost and perestroika. He has met with the Soviet premier four times in the last two years and hammered out a verifiable arms control accord which sailed through the Senate with relative ease. The once-fervent anti-communist even scolded hawks and former bedfellows like Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) for their stubborn resistance to any semblance of an arms control treaty. This shows just how far Reagan has come from his we-can't-negotiate-with-communists crusades of a few years...
...Rice is currently the primary concern of our daily life," said the editorial in the Vietnamese Communist Party newspaper Nhan Dan, amid reports that 3 million of Viet Nam's 63.5 million people may be threatened with starvation because of economic mismanagement and poor harvests. Last week Hanoi took a step that may not only lighten the burden on a desperately ailing economy but also make Viet Nam less of a pariah in Southeast Asia. The government announced that by the end of the year it would withdraw 50,000 Vietnamese troops from neighboring Kampuchea as part of a total...