Word: discussants
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...current phase of Third World grandstanding against Western imperialism is also a reaction to individual histories of economic exploitation and political tampering at the hands of liberal internationalism. There is also the historical reality that state socialism has been a structural imperative in many countries. Moynihan never pauses to discuss these sorts of complexities, however; to him, the world must be seen in sharp contrasts, in terms of "us" and "them." Yet if the U.S. hopes to better promote the cause of liberal ideas in the future, it must learn to better understand these histories and experiences, in all their...
...meeting will also be the first opportunity for Loeb staff members, all of whom are on the committee, to discuss Brustein's proposal with the administration...
...reporter turning up at one of her lectures at Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History noted that the speaker somehow managed to discuss museums, stones, stuffed birds, cave paintings, Cro-Magnon man, children, parents, grandparents, dinosaurs, whales, the possibility of life in outer space, education, the youth revolution of the 1960s, the oneness of the human species, pollution, evolution, growing up in New Guinea, relations between the sexes, communes and the fragmentation of communities...
...wise for Treasury Secretaries to check in regularly with the Saudis and discuss politely whatever financial problems may come up. On his weekend visit, Blumenthal pleaded with the Saudis to hold down any increase in oil prices that OPEC may decree next month. The U.S. is resigned to a 5% to 10% boost, but fears that a larger raise would damage a fragile world economy. The Saudis have been muttering about how nice it would be if the U.S. would sell them bonds with an exchange-rate guarantee that could be redeemed for more than their face value...
...early for Arabs and Israelis to discuss the final borders in the disputed areas, because most Arabs insist on a return to the 1967 boundaries, which would not be sound under today's "conditions," Gur said...