Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nixon (looking intently into Khrushchev's eyes): It would be a great mistake and a blow to peace if that conference were to fail...
...Nixon: We have...
...Nixon: We also want peace...
Turning to the Geneva foreign ministers' conference on Berlin, Nixon added gravely: "In order to have peace. Mr. Prime Minister, there must be a sitting down at the table and a discussion in which each sees the points of the other. The world looks to you for the success of the Geneva conference, [even though] we have great respect for [Russian Foreign Minister Andrei] Gromyko, who looks like me but is better looking...
...Nixon put his arm on Khrushchev's shoulder and said: "I'm afraid I haven't been a good host." Khrushchev smiled and, underscoring the weird aspect of the whole performance, turned toward the American guide who had been standing in the model kitchen and said: "Thank the housewife for letting us use her kitchen for our argument...