Word: matlock
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...such problems exist but emphasizes what the Kremlin is doing to improve the situation. To the surprise of American negotiators at the INF talks, the Foreign Minister quickly accepted the principle of verification, then negotiated hard to cut the best deal for Moscow. Says U.S. Ambassador to Moscow Jack Matlock: "Shevardnadze is firm, but if you do not agree on an issue, he moves on. He approaches most things in a nonideological way. He doesn't spend time preaching to the other side...
...Matlock finds Shevardnadze a shrewd negotiator, so do the Foreign Minister's own countrymen. According to Deputy Minister Vorontsov, when Shevardnadze informed Soviet generals that the INF treaty required on-site verification of nuclear missiles, "they told us we were selling them out." In pressing military officials for a reason why U.S. inspectors could not visit these sites, the Foreign Ministry discovered "ridiculous explanations, like 'We don't have hotels there.' We said, 'Come on, we'll build them.' " The Soviet brass eventually gave...
...then, none of the candidates live up to their TV models. Lloyd Bentsen, the tall, craggy Texan, could go for either tough (the late Jim Davis as Jock Ewing on Dallas) or folksy (Andy Griffith as Matlock). But his passionless style fails to register as either character. Dukakis has the mark of a man doomed to be portrayed in TV movies by Sam Waterston. And Bush is still overshadowed by the era's only politician actually to define and surpass his Hollywood model: Ronald Reagan...
...image. Then they call up and hear some hillbilly talking." Speech therapy costs him $45 a session, but Brooks believes it is an investment that will pay off for the rest of his life. He's been wanting to tone down his accent since high school. "J.R. Ewing or - Matlock on TV has an ideal Southern accent. It's still there, but it's not countrified...
American diplomats no longer need worry whether nanny is a spy. The graduates, paid a starting salary of about $1,300 a month, improve their Russian and learn about the Soviet Union. Says Nancy Carney, 22, a Tufts University graduate, during a break from scrubbing floors at Ambassador Jack Matlock's residence: "I'm having a ball...