Word: confrontive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Under Secretary for International Trade Bruce Smart: "We remain confident that 1987 will see a significant improvement." Maybe so, but the November figure meant that the 1986 deficit was running at an annual rate of $173.5 billion, up 17% from the previous year. The Administration is eager to confront the trade issue before Congress decides to pass sweeping protectionist legislation...
...midst of the most severe crisis of his presidency, Ronald Reagan must confront the wear and tear of age on his body. On Jan. 4 the President will enter Bethesda Naval Hospital for prostate surgery. Reagan, 75, suffers from an ailment common to men over 50: uncomfortable pressure on the urinary tract from an enlarged prostate gland. Reagan will also receive a colonoscopy to track his recovery from his 1985 cancer operation...
...Republican making the most of that opportunity is Bob Dole, Baker's successor as G.O.P. Senate leader. Well before Iranscam altered the political landscape, Dole was emerging as Bush's strongest rival. In the past seven weeks, Dole has prodded the Administration to confront the crisis with full, prompt disclosure and tried to get congressional inquiries to move quickly. Defying Congress, even to help the contras, "was just plain stupid," he said in a speech in -- where else? -- New Hampshire...
...maybe they were simply printing something that only a few students have been able to confront about their lives in this part of Cambridge: MIT parties harder than Harvard. So does Boston University--according to a list of the "Top 40 Party Colleges" in the January issue of Playboy. Harvard didn't even get an honorable mention...
...problems facing black America's impoverished youth, however, cannot be solved simply by more Government spending. Black leaders are becoming increasingly outspoken about the need to confront the problem within the community. In cities around the country, programs run by such groups as the Urban League and the N.A.A.C.P. and by neighborhood activists are seeking to promote job training, education and stable families. "We have to get these young males to understand the responsibilities that go along with fathering a child," says Mary Frances Berry, a veteran civil rights leader. "We have to make that the issue to highlight...