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...both sides to resume negotiating. For Mondale even to hint that he was actually dealing with Gromyko on matters about which he and Reagan are known to disagree would cause a political fire storm, throwing the Democratic challenger open to the charge of disloyalty. Mondale was the first to disclaim any such intention. "America has only one President at a time," he said he would tell the Soviet Foreign Minister. "When Mr. Reagan speaks to you on the 28th, he speaks for all Americans." Added David Aaron, Mondale's chief foreign affairs adviser: "He will support the idea...
anything discovered scientifically can now he rapidly put to practical uses. Since technology is now science based, we scientists cannot disclaim responsibility for technological innovations and for their influence on modes and qualities of life Together with those especially knowledgeable in problems of society we must now try to separate the good from the bad potentialities and then lend our weight to the good side...
...past, the main obstacle to an agreement had been Managua's refusal to disclaim support for the Salvadoran leftists. The Administration believes the Sandinistas send arms to and train the guerrillas. Nicaragua has denied this allegation, saying only that it gives "moral support" to its ideological soulmates...
...sons and daughters of the bourgeoisie . . . The sources quoted on this trend were primarily the non-Marxists themselves, most of whom are now in exile or otherwise disillusioned." The Marxists insisted that they were not strong enough to take over and thus favored a "pluralistic democracy." SANDINISTAS DISCLAIM MARXISM was a Washington Post front-page headline. Perhaps these preconceptions explain what Christian regards as the press's worst misjudgment in Nicaragua...
...backed into a buzz saw when he and Stockman jointly proposed a plan to reform Social Security by reducing benefits. Regardless of the degree to which the plan had merit, and elements of it had a lot, it was met with bipartisan outrage on Capitol Hill. Reagan had to disclaim it. For a man who served two terms in the Senate, Schweiker showed himself surprisingly inept in dealing with Congress. He earns a middling C, but only because he does not deserve blame for all of what has happened in his realm...