Word: mild
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...better than Carter's State of the Union addresses. Even Harry Truman's most famous explosions were in private. Nixon once got angry at reporters, grabbed Press Secretary Ron Ziegler and pushed him toward the panting pack, snapping, "I don't want any press with me." Mild stuff, really; after all, Presidents spend their formative years learning to control their emotions...
...concludes. It is not difficult to imagine the resulting escalation of international tension as countries scramble to obtain their energy needs. Nor is it hard to foresee the internal chaos another oil shortage will wreak on an unprepared nation. Soon the energy scare of the 70s may seem a mild prologue to the real crisis...
...such move is liable to trigger harsh union reaction. In response to a relatively mild Kohl proposal for limiting public-sector wage increases, Monika Wulf-Mathies, leader of the country's 1 .2 million-member civil servants union, called the plan a "declaration of war," and threatened strike action if the proposal is carried out. Having long and patiently planned his parliamentary assault on the Chancellor's office, Kohl must now prepare for all the battles that his new job will entail...
...official news agency, declared that "unequal treaties forced upon the Chinese people provide an iron clad proof of British imperialism's plunder of Chinese territory. It is a sacred mission," the report added, "of the Chinese government and people to claim sovereignty over Hong Kong." But however mild, such control would mean an end to Hong Kong's special nature. "The Chinese have to admit," noted London's Financial Times, "that, in effect, they can not run Hong Kong because if they did, it would not be Hong Kong." Added a Chinese businessman in Hong Kong...
Then he stood up to leave. Sadat had suffered a mild heart attack a few years earlier and was careful about his health. He wanted to go to bed and to meet with me the next morning. I said I would delay suggesting my own proposals until he and Begin had a chance to explore their differences. Sadat replied, "I will try to protect you by putting forward good proposals, and make it unnecessary for any U.S. proposals to be offered...