Word: nixonization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...handling of the announcement demonstrated, John Connally, 61, is at the peak of his formidable oratorical powers, after a career that included stints as Governor of Texas, Secretary of the Navy in the Kennedy Administration, Secretary of the Treasury under President Nixon and even as a defendant (eventually acquitted) in a Watergate-era bribery trial. He thus became the first major Republican to announce his candidacy for President in a field that may bloom to ten before the primary-election season opens in New Hampshire...
...ahead, the age issue may not loom large. On ideology, Reagan and Connally have both staked out similar conservative positions. Reagan may be handicapped most by having lost last time. Connally's biggest liability remains the fact that he was once a Democrat and was once close to Nixon. In addition, although he was found innocent in 1975 of accepting $10,000 in bribes from dairymen, there was little doubt that he had helped them get higher price supports in the hope, if not a pledge, that they would support Nixon...
...Administration seemed determined to return the hospitality Peking has shown to a stream of American visitors over the past seven years: Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (eight trips), Vance, National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, Energy Secretary James Schlesinger...
...White House task force charged with entertainment for Teng and Co. has been under heavy siege. Soon after the President announced Teng's visit earlier this month, a fierce scramble began for invitations to the Jan. 29 state dinner. Carter was sharply criticized for his decision to invite Nixon, although he explained he did so on the ground that the disgraced ex-President had pioneered U.S. rapprochement with China. But by issuing the invitation, Carter managed to discourage Teng from his desire to visit Nixon at San Clemente. A quarrel also developed in the White House over whether to invite...
...basic principles are still based on the tenets put forward by Chairman Mao and Premier Chou. For instance, the development of relations between our two countries was promulgated some time ago by Chairman Mao himself, and the issuance of the Shanghai communique during the visit of President Nixon in 1972 was something personally looked after by Chairman Mao and Premier Chou. This was on the basis of our global strategy of dividing the world into three worlds. According to our view of the three worlds, the first world consists of the U.S. and the Soviet Union, but in this concept...