Word: loyalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...endowed with such powers, Giscard has conducted a foreign policy more notable for subtlety than clarity. At heart he remains loyal to Gaullist traditions: independence and a strong French presence on the international scene. Where Giscard differs from De Gaulle, says Hoffmann, is in his desire to be "the universal Mister Nice Guy-a thankless task...
...have a common stand with Czechoslovakia, just as with the other countries of the socialist community." The statement seemed to be a nod to Husák's bad-cop routine, but its effect was to remind Polish listeners that it was not so long ago that the loyal Czechs were as obstreperous as they...
Ruge had been chosen White House physician because of his association with Loyal Davis, Nancy Reagan's father. A neurosurgeon, Ruge had met the President in earlier years but had not known him as a patient. Bit by bit, he was accumulating medical data and his impressions of Reagan's lifestyle, these observations perhaps more revealing than any statistics...
...through five days of what must have been painful embarrassment, Williams insisted he was still "very confident" and "feeling good," though sorry to be missing work while "the budget vote is going on." The Senator's press secretary, Michael McCurry, was even more upbeat: "Constituents are remaining very loyal," he said, adding that New Jersey's biggest newspaper, the Newark Star Ledger, only a few days earlier had called Williams the state's "most popular politician...
...were constant rumors that he had benefited unduly from his connections with the Nixon White House. A damaging exposé in the Wall Street Journal a few days before the 1980 election threatened to eliminate him altogether from the Reagan team, but Ed Meese came to his rescue. Always loyal to those who are loyal to Reagan, Meese examined the allegations and gave Allen a clean bill of health. After a brief absence from Reagan headquarters, Allen returned as Foreign Policy Adviser...