Word: hardheadedness
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Even some of the most hardheaded Western diplomats stationed in Moscow as well as some of the most hard-line experts who have recently visited there are revising their views. They now say they doubt that Gorbachev's Kremlin or any imaginable successor's will undertake foreign adventures while the...
Instead, Bush could challenge Gorbachev with courage and imagination. He could ask the Soviets to join the West in making enormous, fundamental cuts in defense spending. This would not be naive pacifism but hardheaded self- interest. It could be a boon to the deficit-choked American economy as well as...
U.S. State Department officials expressed surprise; Interior Minister Manuel Bartlett Diaz and Energy Minister Alfredo del Mazo Gonzalez were considered likelier choices. While Salinas, like De la Madrid, is favorably disposed toward Washington, he is expected to keep his distance lest he offend Mexican sensibilities. "Salinas is hardheaded enough to...
When the melodrama came to its inevitable conclusion at week's end, Regan's ouster was yet another reminder that Nancy exerts extraordinary influence on her husband. The President considers her a trusted adviser, especially when it comes to hiring -- and firing. While Reagan avoids unpleasant confrontations, his wife is...
Reagan and Baker are not ideological twins. Indeed, Baker is a political moderate who is likely to come under attack from conservative hard-liners, particularly for his call for a solid arms-control agreement with the Soviets. In fact, Baker was Nixon's personal favorite among Republican contenders for the...