Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seen their hopes dashed too many times before. "In Polish society, nobody has the idea of being a winner," explained Solidarity official Alfred Janowski on a visit to Washington last week. "We are so used to always losing." It was to counter such defeatism, rooted in two centuries of foreign occupation, that Walesa told a campaign rally in Gdansk last month, "Whoever doubts must ask himself, 'Has there ever before been such a chance...
...sporting goods. In addition, American corporations poured into China some $3.5 billion of direct investment. Everything from gelatin capsules to computers is churned out in more than 600 joint ventures or wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries (China, Viet Nam, Poland and Hungary are the only Communist countries that permit 100% foreign ownership of businesses operating on their soil...
...executives are putting ideas of new investments on hold until they can see what sort of political and business climate emerges from the present turmoil. The wait may be a long one, and even when it ends, Western involvement will depend on whether the eventual winners are receptive to foreign influence or are isolationist hard-liners. Thermo Electron, a Waltham, Mass., company, is negotiating to build in China a $110 million co-generation plant that would turn out electric power and ferrosilicon metal by reusing the same fuel (coal). But, says chief executive George Hatsopoulos, "if the situation reverted...
...heed to the cataclysmic outcome of that refusal, the Kremlin calibrated its response with great care. Early in the week, the Congress issued a timid resolution urging that "wisdom, sound reason and a balanced approach" prevail in China. Later, caution became less evident. "We hadn't expected this," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov, adding that his government was "extremely dismayed" over the events in China. But Moscow's options were limited. After almost two decades of exchanging ideological insults, the Chinese were scarcely prepared to accept a lecture from the Soviets. In any case, admonitions would only feed lingering...
...achievements. There were also painful disclosures about the dreadful state of the Soviet economy. Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov admitted that some 40 million Soviets, or 13% of the population, live below the poverty level, that the Afghanistan war had cost about $70 billion and that the country's foreign-trade deficit this year will reach $52 billion. (The U.S. foreign-trade deficit last year was $119.8 billion.) In an attack on the economic front, Ryzhkov proposed cuts of almost a third in the military budget until 1995 and the elimination of as many as 18 of the 50 government ministries...