Word: generality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the nervous mirth, the vote was thoroughly earnest. By a resounding count of 151 to 2, the U.N. deplored the U.S. refusal to grant a visa to Yasser Arafat so that he could address the General Assembly. The Arab- sponsored resolution gave Washington 24 hours to "reconsider and reverse" its decision. As expected, Secretary of State George Shultz, who made the decision in the first place, refused to yield, reasserting that Arafat, as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, was an "accessory" to terrorism and consequently barred under American law from entering the U.S. Two days later the General...
...prominence that a U.N. visit would bring, he produced the opposite: a publicity bonanza for the chairman. "Had the U.S. let him come, he would have been news for a day or two," said an Arab diplomat. "Now he will be a hot news item for weeks." When the General Assembly convenes in Geneva, Arafat can expect to bask in the warmth of considerable international sympathy and unified Arab support...
...just be diplomats having "full and frank discussions" during this week's demi-summit. Like a monk touring Las Vegas to understand what the fuss over sin is about, Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev will travel to the mountaintop of conspicuous consumption and wretched excess: Trump Tower...
Here he comes again, with those linebacker's eyes and that tight smile that hides the iron teeth. Mikhail Gorbachev is due to arrive in New York City this week for a big meeting (the United Nations General Assembly) and a small one (lunch with Ronald Reagan and George Bush). Both events are likely to underscore the challenge that Bush faces as he sets about to recapture the ground that the U.S. has lost to the man from Moscow in the arena of international public opinion...
...Jesse like everyone else," says Mario Cuomo. "No more condescension. No more double standards. Give him the dignity he demands -- and all the scrutiny we demand of others. Only then can white Democrats legitimately compete for black voters in the primaries and still have their heavy participation in the general election, without which we lose. Only then are you credible when you say, 'We white officeholders are the ones who can actually deliver what Jesse talks about...