Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan managed at a mini-press conference last week to sound intimidating even when denying that the naval fleet was preparing for a blockade of Nicaragua. Given an easy opportunity to say he would not favor a blockade, he instead said, "I would hope that eventuality would not arise." Reagan minced no words at the session with reporters when asked about the Sandinista government now ruling Nicaragua. When the regime consolidated power, he said, "the present group wanted Communist totalitarianism." Could a diplomatic settlement be reached with them? "I think it would be extremely difficult," he said, "because I think...
...should deploy new U.S. intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe to counter the arsenal of Soviet SS-20 missiles targeted on Western Europe if the U.S. and the Soviets do not reach an agreement in Geneva by the end of this year. Indeed, after Mitterrand spoke out strongly in favor of the NATO position last January in a speech to the West German Bundestag, Marchais expressed his "total accord," while stressing the importance of continued negotiations...
...best friends in the world are still the Americans, a fact that should give the Japanese pause. For even Americans view the Japanese with suspicion and ambivalence, with fascination and admiration and resentment intermingled. A poll by the Los Angeles Times last spring found that 68% of Americans favor trade restrictions to protect American industries and jobs. The American trade deficit with Japan could well reach a menacing $21 billion this year. It results partly from superior Japanese competitiveness and products, partly from unfair Japanese barriers to trade, and partly from an overvalued dollar and undervalued yen. Most Democratic presidential...
When Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone was elected last November, the real race was not for votes from the 3.6 million members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, but for the favor of the five men who run the five major political machines within the party. Each machine has its own leader, its own views and its own funds. Feuding is chronic. Nakasone won only after he had got the nod from former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, who remains the party's mightiest power-broker even though he is now on trial for accepting $2 million in bribes...
...Japanese learn to compete early in life. Starting with kindergarten, they run a brutal educational gauntlet that gradually separates winners from losers. Young Japanese who join large corporations learn to set aside that kind of competitiveness in favor of cooperation and consensus. Members of the team share information and skills for the greater good of the company. As a result, the workplace becomes like a harmonious home...