Word: electives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alumni who elect them, a genuine choice...
GENERAL Secretary Gorbachev's proposal presents a challenge to our leaders, and specifically to President-elect George Bush, to overcome the Cold War-entrenched prejudices of the 1950's and look towards the achievement of peace and common understanding in the 1990's. Though the staff position acknowledges this need for bilateral cooperation and courageous policy making, its language remains caught up in rhetoric and paranoia more appropriate to old red baiters than to present-day proponents of peace...
President-elect George Bush must watch Gorbachev's next moves carefully. For even if the Soviet Union carries through with the proposed realignment, there would still be some potentially dangerous unanswered questions...
...goal is to elect, all together, 10 percent of the men in the class to the Alpha Chapter," said Weiss...
Gorbachev knows that neither the lame-duck President nor the President-elect is in a position to transact much meaningful business. That will give the Soviet leader an ideal opportunity to float bold ideas, then sit back and watch as the two Americans respond tentatively, if not defensively...