Word: hardheadedness
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The party, to be sure, is far from moribund. Some 43% of all voters still call themselves Democrats, only 30% Republicans and 27% independents. The Democrats have a majority in the House and hold 35 of 50 governorships. But to recapture the presidency and to control the national debate, the...
One of the largest and most profitable corporations in the U.S. has been run for nearly 20 years by an avowed Socialist. The company is Schlumberger (1983 revenues: $5.8 billion), a leading oilfield-services firm. The executive is Frenchman Jean Riboud, who is profiled in The Art of Corporate Success...
Both before and since Reagan came into office, the Soviet Union has exacerbated international tensions by occupying and bullying its neighbors, stepping up its mischief-making around the world and arming itself beyond a level needed for self-defense or deterrence. In the face of such Soviet behavior, "hardheaded d...
All this argues that there needs to be a relationship between the Soviet Union and the U.S. at the highest level, a relationship of hardheaded détente. Since the Secretary of State or the National Security Adviser are too busy, I think a special person should be named by...
The most that can be hoped for in the near term is a series of measures intended first to arrest the current deterioration, then to limit the damage that has been done. Only after that can bold new ideas for arms control begin to be implemented. Even then, those ideas...