Word: kirkpatrick
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...despite the hopeful smiles and the enthusiastic statements, the Soviets were exercising caution in voicing their preference for the 1984 election. Too obvious an endorsement of Mondale would almost certainly have backfired, prompting many voters to desert the Democratic nominee as too conciliatory and, in U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick's words, "soft on Communism." The risk of such a backlash, significant in any election, would have been compounded in this race by Reagan's remarkable ability to maintain a monopoly on flag and patriotism--and his repeated attempts to associate Mondale with the Carter Administration's perceived inability to adequately...
...Smith, United Nations Ambassador Jeane E. Kirkpatrick was invited to be the 1982 commencement speaker, but voluntarily declined after a variety of student groups protested her planned appearance...
...Berkeley on February 15, 1983, Kirkpatrick was shouted down by Berkeley's Students Against Intervention in El Salvador while giving a speech to a packed crowd of more than 900 at Wheeler Auditorium. Kirkpatrick was forced to leave the stage, but later returned to finish her speech. There was no administrative punishment for students involved...
...heard CIA and other U.S. officials testify that the U.S. was not involved in the ill-fated mission. But State Department Spokesman John Hughes declared that "provided U.S. funds are not used, we do not discourage" private citizens or foreign governments from helping the contras. United Nations Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick agreed. Said she: "We don't advocate passive acquiescence to a new totalitarianism in this hemisphere," adding that she has "very deep respect" for Americans who have joined the contras. Summed up Goldwater: "A private citizen of this country has the right to volunteer to any cause...
...Henry Kirkpatrick Templeton, Calif...