Word: graciously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dilemma rests, of course, with the President, who to date has limited himself to enunciating broad policy principles and establishing friendly personal relations with foreign leaders. Asked to enumerate U.S. diplomatic successes, Reagan invariably mentions the stream of visiting heads of government and state to whom he has played gracious host. Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands was the latest. Reagan welcomed her last week at a White House ceremony featuring a review of a new fife-and-drum corps dressed in white wigs and red coats...
...Gracious and smiling, Reagan applied his blend of amiability and toughness at a lunch on Capitol Hill last week with most of the Senate's 53 Republicans. Any air of confrontation evaporated as he told the Senators: "Together I believe we can hold down taxes, hold down spending and ensure a national defense that is able to preserve the peace." He said that he would be happy to consider any bipartisan plan that meets those standards, adding: "When we have honest differences, you can count on me to be willing to listen." Declared Oregon Republican Mark Hatfield after...
Oliphant and DeMoulin win, decisively, over Kidd and Smith. "Awesome!' cries DeMoulin afterward, his trophy in hand. "I am psyched." JJ. Gertler, a formidable Amherst also-ran, is chatting "Don't you want to be in politics, J.J.?" friend asks. "Oh, my gracious, I hope not," he says. "We hope not too," chimes a passing victor, and Gertler, only momentarily speechless, manages a game smile...
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...considering Sadruddin too pro-Western. That opened the way for the runner-up, Pérez, who had won eight votes in the straw poll. In the official secret ballot held Friday he received ten votes, including that of the U.S. "I feel free again," said a gracious Waldheim after the decision. "They have chosen a very good...