Word: inner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gorbachev's difficulties. Buoyed by the progress made on various arms-control issues, Reagan's newfound view of the Soviets as possibly malleable rivals has combined with his deeply held conviction that Russians as human beings cannot help succumbing to the irresistible benefits of American democratic capitalism. This remarkable inner confidence -- both in himself and in the system he champions -- may be the fatal flaw in the Reagan approach to the Soviets, although it served him well in Geneva in his first encounter with Gorbachev...
...sides of Reagan -- the sympathetic optimist and the skeptic who keeps a jaundiced watch on persistent Soviet malfeasance -- will engage in an inner debate if a summit and arms-control agreements become more likely. The side that prevails may determine the President's place in history...
With undergraduates visiting inner-city schoolsand alumni contacting accepted minority studentsto encourage them to attend, the admissions officehas redoubled its efforts to win a shrinking poolof talented minority students, Carey said...
...over Metropolis back in 1939, he was merely a mild-mannered reporter with amazing superpowers. Now Clark Kent is back, but as the Yuppie of Steel. When he is not chasing stories as a star journalist for the Daily Planet, he writes novels, attends evening parties and shares his inner feelings -- can we talk? -- with his friend and colleague Lois Lane. His superbody has been redrawn along Rambo lines to reflect the iron-pumping fad of the '80s. Nor does Superman come quite as cheap as he used to. Last week a new, updated version of Superman began appearing...
...said the drug "generally is not available" in some major cities, * including Chicago, Philadelphia and New Orleans, and is not widely available in many other metropolitan areas. In addition, contrary to some news reports, the DEA found little evidence that crack use had spread from inner cities to many suburbs. The study concluded, "Crack presently appears to be a secondary rather than primary problem in most areas." Ironically, the DEA report received little coverage: it did not make the CBS or the ABC network newscasts that night, was passed up by the New York Times and ran on page...