Word: kremlin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...error, but the prominence of the correction dismayed some staffers. Craig Whitney, the Times Washington bureau chief, said he felt "immense surprise" when he saw the headline. At the Times's New York City newsroom, where the tiniest changes are often analyzed more carefully than seating plans at the Kremlin, reporters debated the propriety of the correction. All agreed, however, that it was the most remarkable sign yet of the controlling hand of Max Frankel, who became the paper's executive editor in November...
...figure out what to make of Gorbachev or how to deal with him. Americans had long since grown used to a Soviet adversary who seemed most comfortable sitting on a block of ice, scowling and saying nyet in response to U.S. initiatives. Now the ice is melting. The Kremlin has been making diplomatic and arms-control proposals faster than the White House can reject them. Having met twice with Ronald Reagan, Gorbachev has, for the moment at least, managed to seize control of the timing and agenda for a possible third encounter later this year...
MOSCOW--The Kremlin's chief arms negotiator said yesterday a Soviet proposal for a global ban on medium-and shorter-range nuclear missiles could bring an arms accord within 60 days and a superpower summit this year...
Yuli M. Vorontsov, the first deputy foreign minister who heads the Soviet team at the superpower arms talks in Geneva, said yesterday the Kremlin's offer should give a "new impulse" to the negotiations, which have been bogged down for months...
...monitor the Iran-contra hearings before taking their next step. If Reagan emerges unharmed, Gorbachev may be quick to clear away the obstacles to an INF accord and a summit. If, on the other hand, the President's reputation -- or Shultz's -- is further wounded by the hearings, the Kremlin might decide it has the upper hand. Soviet observers contend that the President, along with his political advisers, may realize that only a successful summit can deflect attention from the Iran-contra affair and assure Reagan a favorable mention in the history books. And if Reagan is unwilling to make...