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...part of this effort, the White House views the trip as a major opportunity for the President, whose most important political asset is his infectious personal charm, to dispel a still prevalent impression in Europe that the leadership of the Western alliance is in the uncertain hands of a trigger-happy cowboy. A growing mood of pacifism on the Continent, suffused with latent anti-Americanism and guided in part by leftist forces, threatens NATO's plan to modernize its nuclear forces. The President will attempt to counter this attitude in a series of interviews with European newspapers and television...
...Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver, who traveled to Europe twice this spring to make the logistical arrangements for the tour: "We knew it offered fine opportunities for the President, if we managed to set it up right." Indeed, the trip is part of a shrewdly orchestrated campaign to dispel criticism that Reagan has failed to involve himself personally in the development of a coherent foreign policy. It began in earnest with Reagan's proposal last April for a summit meeting with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev and his speech at Illinois' Eureka College-his alma mater-outlining proposals...
...chief law enforcement officer requires an Attorney General to do whatever is necessary to avoid even an inaccurate appearance of impropriety." Therefore, he said, he had returned the "severance" payment and would limit his tax deductions to the actual amount of his investments. This, he said, should "dispel all of the concerns raised in the press." At the same time, a new financial statement made by Smith showed that he had invested a previously undisclosed $25,800 in a third tax shelter that might have produced a deduction...
...liked so think of its Houses as miniatures of the College--what Dean of the College John B Fox Jr. '59 has called "the ideal of the microcosm." But this week's confirmation of lingering disparities between the Houses in the racial composition and athletic participation of residents has dispel led that perception...
...Peking bearing a reassuring personal letter from Reagan. Though the Chinese received Bush with personal expressions of friendship, neither his entreaties nor Reagan's letter changed any minds in Peking. Deng underscored the seriousness of the Taiwan issue by asserting that he hoped Bush's visit would "dispel the shadows and dark clouds that hang over our relations...