Word: matting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kremlin's welcome mat came out after President Reagan's summit conference with Gorbachev in Washington last December. Besides reaching agreement on arms control, the two leaders promised to improve the business relationship between their countries. Earlier this month Commerce Secretary William Verity led a delegation of Administration officials to Moscow, where U.S. and Soviet leaders signed an agreement to explore mutual opportunities in such industries as food processing and construction equipment...
Many New Yorkers are nostalgic for the art deco diners that once thrived in the city's neighborhoods. Others yearn for the specialties that used to be prepared for the Horn & Hardart Automat cafeterias. A new spot on Manhattan's East Side aims to satisfy both groups. Dine-O-Mat, a '50s-style chrome and neon diner, features many of the old Horn & Hardart dishes. And why not? H&H owns the budget-priced eatery and plans to open three more around New York this year...
...improvise dance steps between servings. A young business crowd samples such unautomated Automat classics as fish cakes, macaroni and cheese, and chicken pot pie, all of which, alas, pale beside memories of the originals. The menu also includes diet-destroying desserts like the $12.95 "Kitchen Sink" sundae. Dine-O-Mat's gravy has the consistency of fudge sauce, but the mashed potatoes are good, and the trip back in time is sustaining...
...have quite a few young guys on this team and only three seniors," said Jeff Clark, the other co-captain. "There's lots of talents on this team, but we need more mat time...
...disagreement. The smartest way to proceed is to behave cooperatively toward Congress." Stuart Spencer, a former Reagan adviser, would counsel the President to pick his battles with the Congress carefully, recognizing that as a lame duck he has precious little political capital to spend. "If he goes to the mat on every issue, he is going to have more problems," Spencer says. Congressman Richard Cheney of Wyoming warns against any grandiose attempt to recapture the past glory of Reaganism. Says he: "In the old age of an Administration, you should lie back and enjoy...