Word: formative
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...talk expansively about the range of issues that the U.S. is prepared to discuss further. His openers: a willingness to negotiate limits on space-based weapons, a declaration that the U.S. has some new ideas about cutbacks in strategic forces, and an offer to work out a new negotiating format if the Soviets want it. But the President ruled out specific quid pro quos for getting talks started again, such as agreeing to a moratorium on testing antisatellite weapons in exchange for a Soviet return to START. That much of the decision pleased the hardliners. Some other elements...
...sponsoring organization, be it the university or a student group, should be free to select the format in which its invited speaker will appear by indicating how long the speech should last, whether there will be a question period, whether other speakers will sit as a panel, etc. Invited speakers are naturally free to refuse if they do not feel comfortable with the format proposed...
...limited to JVC's Video Movie and Sony's Betamovie models, both of which use half-inch tapes. Kodak's new 5-lb. 8-mm camcorder is designed to make filming of home movies easier. Another major advantage of the new models is a worldwide standardized format that will enable them to use any 8-mm tape; half-inch systems are not standardized. Kodavision sells for $1,600 to $2,600, depending on accessories, compared with $1,500 to $1,800 for those camcorders that use the wider tape...
...blue jeans than to refrigerators and expensive family cars. Last week MTV announced plans to go after an older, mellower and more affluent set. The broadcaster said that next January it will introduce a second all-music channel designed to appeal to listeners aged 25 to 49. Its format may be a blend of jazz, country-and-western and pop tunes...
...President will do that night. Deaver always slips the President a handwritten message just before Reagan steps out the door to confront reporters. Sometimes the message teases him, sometimes it stresses a serious theme, always it seeks to break the tension for the performer. Deaver recently changed the format of the conferences, arranging for Reagan to stride down a long red carpet to the waiting reporters. Reagan seemed uncomfortable with the De Gaulle-like staging, but Deaver, ever the calculating imagemaker, persuaded him it looked more presidential...