Word: gulf
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Just a year earlier, when America blazed with celebrations for the 100th birthday of the Statue of Liberty, Reagan had seemed the most popular President in years. But after a steady flow of congressional hearings on the Iran-contra arms scandal, of war threats in the Persian Gulf, of huge budgetary and trade deficits, of a declining dollar and a crashing stock market, his own stock fell. A CBS/New York Times poll at the end of November reported that 45% of the citizenry approved of the way Reagan was doing his job, down from 52% only six weeks earlier...
...that his ideas were ignored. But Hart's strength as a candidate is less as an ideological thinker and more as an adroit packager. When Hart takes questions from an audience, it is striking how formidable he can be in framing his ideas. From toxic waste to the Persian Gulf, he is masterly at weaving single facts into broad solutions...
...movement on regional issues. There had been some hope that Gorbachev would announce a starting date for a promised Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, but he declined to do so unless Reagan cut off aid to the Afghan rebels. There was no agreement, either, on Nicaragua or the Persian Gulf. Commenting on the lack of progress in these areas, Administration officials pointed out that in private meetings Gorbachev was much tougher than the charming image he offered to the public. "What you have gained is a guy you can talk to," said one Reagan aide, "but when it comes to substantive...
Discussing the Persian Gulf, he said, "We ought to go there and stabilize things. If that means military support, then that's what we should...
...like throwing in the towel sometimes?" Captain Midlife was watching when Tom Brokaw, another middle-ager, asked, "man to man," what do you think and feel? But Gorbachev could only answer state to man, and the more certain he sounded, the less certain he looked. In middle age the gulf between what you are and who you are is too wide to cross, too -- what? -- extreme. Who knows what turmoil lurks in the hearts of men old enough to remember The Shadow? The Captain knows...