Word: concessioner
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The Soviet leadership is too weak to unite on any new response to arms control, he said. But the Soviets hope Reagan, because he seeks reelection this year, may offer a concession to impress the American electorate, he added.
Ashton B. Carter, research fellow at the Kennedy School, took a more positive view of the talks. He said Gromyko was making a diplomatic concession by agreeing to speak with Reagan at all. Gromyko's decision shows that the Soviets are more interested in achieving arms reduction than participating in...
Some Jackson supporters continue to talk a hard line about what Mondale must do to win their man's enthusiastic backing. They say Jackson will demand that Mondale appoint key members of Jackson's staff to top campaign posts, grant Jackson considerable influence over how the party spends its voter...
Even though its impact was muted in the East, the California result gave Hart an important lift, at least delaying any concession that Mondale had the nomination wrapped up. Said Hart: "Welcome to overtime." He declared his campaign "must go forward, and we will." Oliver Henkel, Hart's campaign manager...
More significant, the U.S. and China reached an accord that would allow American companies to build nuclear power plants in China, an agreement that could be worth billions of dollars to the troubled U.S. nuclear industry. The deal had been three years in the making. The chief stumbling blocks were...