Word: doveryai
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...Doveryai no proveryai, or "Trust but verify," was a favorite Reagan Administration phrase in the arms-control lexicon, but it is easier said than done. While nobody seriously proposes signing agreements that can be readily violated, opinions abound on what constitutes adequate proof that the other side is not cheating...
This time the two men seemed to hit it off personally from the first handshake to the last. In some of their public appearances, they traded quips like a well-rehearsed vaudeville team. At the White House treaty-signing ceremony, for example, Reagan repeated the Russian phrase doveryai no proveryai (trust but verify), only to be interrupted by Gorbachev's good- natured observation, "You repeat that at every meeting." When the laughter of the 250 assembled guests died down, Reagan flashed his off-center grin, gave Gorbachev a little bow and replied, "I like it." The audience exploded with laughter...
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