Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unhappy so they will go back to California. Mrs. Reagan looks happy so they will go back to California. Reagan is not a quitter. Reagan can be happy anywhere doing anything and will quit. Talk shows turn relentlessly to these fantasies. Dinner parties go through three courses talking nothing except Reagan's mind...
...hints from the U.S. that war could be limited, even if an inhabited Europe would no longer exist." Defense of American policy by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl gets short shrift. Attacks on the Reagan Administration's commitment to peace by top Social Democrats are reported in full, except for a failure to note that former Social Democratic Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was a principal architect of the missile-deployment plan. Led by Spiegel, the leftist periodicals have depicted the U.S. as a nation of knee-jerk militarists, and simultaneously have managed to find the Soviets flexible and reasonable. Said...
East Germany, except at tourist facilities, West German broadcast news reaches millions of East Germans. The anti-American tone in much of the reporting would hardly seem to enhance the image of the West. But one prominent left-wing West German editor points out that journalism critical of the U.S., whether in print or broadcast media, may unintentionally make positive points about life in the West. Says he: "West Germany is in effect saying that we can criticize our big brother while they cannot criticize theirs." The editor sums up: "It is more interesting to report controversially. Our correspondents...
...clothing. Since many manufacturers contract out 90% of their cutting and sewing operations to smaller shops, they may be using illegal labor without knowing it. Or they may not want to know. With transactions off the books and final costs low, sweatshops are a good deal for everyone except the workers...
...says. "After being married to it for 21 years, the honeymoon is still there. I am in love with my wife and family, but I've also been in love with this game, with these bats, these gloves and my uniform. This uniform is like my wedding dress. Except I get to wear it every...