Word: jointly
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Normandy was, of course, a joint Allied operation. But the Americans, from Eisenhower down, dominated the drama. The invasion, in a way, was a perfect expression of American capabilities: vast industrial energy and organizational know-how sent out into the world on an essentially knightly mission-the rescue of an entire continent in distress. There was an aspect of redemption in the drama, redemption in the Christian sense. The Old World, in centuries before, had tided westward to populate the New. Now the New World came back, out of the tide, literally, to redeem the Old. If there has sometimes...
...could be a matter of days now before either one or both of them die." In Paris, Bonner's daughter, Tatyana Yankelevich, appealed to French President François Mitterrand, who plans to visit Moscow this summer, to intervene. Foreign ministers from the European Community sent a joint statement on the Sakharovs to their Soviet counterpart, Andrei Gromyko. The U.S. State Department denounced the Soviet treatment of the couple as "inhumane and incomprehensible...
During his 2½-day visit to Washington, De la Madrid, 49, disguised his criticism in diplomatic jargon. But as he addressed a joint session of Congress, his message was clear and the response overwhelming. He received a standing ovation when he entered the packed chamber. Four times during his 30-minute speech, he was interrupted by applause. In an open-armed bow, the Mexican President thanked Congress for its support of diplomatic efforts in the region. Said he: "Latin America demands a new understanding between its countries and the industrialized countries of the hemisphere...
...return for that investment we have seen El Salvador take a quantum leap forward in its democratic process. Americans can take pride in helping El Salvador take its place among the democratic nations of the world." Upon their return to the U.S., the official observers issued a joint statement calling the election an "overwhelming repudiation" of the guerrillas...
...paying back a little bit of what he and the nation owe Harry Truman. From Harvard to St. Louis, Clifford is lecturing almost daily about Truman and his times. Tuesday is Truman's 100th birthday, and the celebrations climax with a town party in Independence, Mo., a joint session of Congress, a luncheon with Ronald Reagan as host, and a huge reception in Washing ton for the dwindling band of men and women who were with Truman and for the growing army of those who wish they had been...