Word: leaders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...need for maintaining Western unity was underscored after Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev delivered a speech in East Berlin marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of East Germany. Brezhnev warned that the new NATO weapons would "radically alter the strategic situation on the Continent," and "poison the international atmosphere." He singled out West Germany for a special threat: "It would not be difficult to imagine what consequences would await her if this weaponry was ever put to use by its owners...
...committee is expected to endorse the pact; there are eight sure "ayes" and possibly as many as twelve. The only question is how many amendments will be added by the committee and how damaging they will be. Full Senate debate is expected to begin some time in November. Majority Leader Robert Byrd feels that the treaty will gain support if the debate is televised and the public becomes acquainted with the basic issues. But he wants to avoid boring people by limiting discussion to a maximum of four weeks, which would require the Senate's unanimous consent...
Asked whether the high visibility of his wife Rosalynn might not be hurting his own image as a strong leader, Carter spiritedly defended her "very strong role" in public life and her political campaigning. Needling reporters a bit, he claimed that Rosalynn had not notably stepped up her public appearances from a year ago, but "the difference is that now the press is paying attention to where my wife goes and what she says...
...first addressed the U.N., in 1960, the 33-year-old Castro was a fledgling revolutionary, overshadowed by such neutralist giants as Yugoslavia's Josip Broz Tito, then 68, and India's Jawaharlal Nehru, 70. Castro has now survived for 20 years as Cuba's "maximum leader." He is also riding a wave of international prestige as chairman of the nonaligned nations, whose conference he was host for-and dominated-in Havana last month...
...minimum of aid can yield high propaganda dividends without directly confronting U.S. might. In Nicaragua, Castro did little more than supply arms and some training for the Sandinistas, who also received assistance from Latin America's remaining handful of democracies. Instead of attempting to foment revolutions, the Cuban leader has launched an aggressive campaign of diplomacy and aid that speaks to the social ills plaguing the Caribbean. Says a British Caribbean specialist: "The Cubans did not create these conditions. They were opportunities which developed over time and are rooted in a younger generation's rejection of poverty, unemployment...