Word: occasionally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since there is neither room nor occasion to put everybody up at once, pilgrimages to the old folks' place are made individually. Gone are the days when, say, over a turkey, the family had the chance to take the full measure of itself. Now each pilgrim takes back a...
Nonetheless, some Reagan aides hoped to the end that their boss might pry some more substantive agreement out of the Soviet visitor. Gromyko was well aware of that attitude. As he entered the White House at 10 a.m. Friday, he was invited to sign the guest book in the Roosevelt...
The two sides could not resolve that you-first-Alphonse impasse, though they continued talking for a while. On nonnuclear issues, Reagan raised the subject of human rights; Gromyko replied simply that it was not an appropriate topic on this occasion. There was a bit of small talk at lunch...
Seeking to develop an axis of moderate Arab nations that could counterbalance Syria's power, Hussein began reaching out to Egypt. Last December, Amman signed a trade agreement with Cairo, reducing import barriers between the two countries. Meanwhile, Arafat met with both Mubarak and Hussein; by July, he had...
Nonetheless, the troublemaking has continued. Even Libyan and Soviet diplomats have on occasion been harassed by fundamentalist groups, and a number of Western officials and journalists have been kidnaped. (Late last week, Reuters Correspondent Jonathan Wright was released unharmed by unidentified gunmen after being held for 23 days.) All these...