Word: oval
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...more potent, though, is the controversy over Bush's Iran-contra role. It provides a rare window on how the Vice President performs when he is close to the Oval Office. Before the debate, a few Bush strategists were arguing with little success that the Vice President should offer a public apology. The , failure of any Republican to press the issue during the Friday night debate renewed hopes that he might ride out the storm. But if Bush is the nominee, it is an issue the Democrats are sure to revive in the fall...
...summit at which intimacy and symbolism overshadowed disputes about substance, and its spirit was captured during a private moment between Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan on the morning after they signed their historic arms accord. The President led the Soviet leader to a little study next to the Oval Office and produced a baseball that Joe DiMaggio had hoped to have autographed by Gorbachev at the state dinner the night before. Reagan was not just fulfilling the old Yankee slugger's request. He had a metaphor in mind. Are we, he asked, going to play ball? Yes, Gorbachev firmly agreed...
...meanwhile, showed his own hard-line side in a postsummit address. Having kept a relatively low profile during most of the visit, he went on national television only two minutes after Gorbachev's blue-and-white Ilyushin Il-62 had roared off into rainy black skies. Speaking from the Oval Office, Reagan called the talks a "clear success," giving cause for "both hope and optimism." But his speech included many declarations of his fundamental opposition to Soviet policies and philosophy. To some extent, Reagan was merely reverting to old familiar themes out of habit. But with...
Reagan outlined his position on SDI during his Wednesday-morning meeting with Gorbachev in the Oval Office. "We are going forward with the research and development necessary to see if this is a workable concept," said the President, "and if it is, we are going to deploy it." Gorbachev listened intently, looking Reagan hard in the eyes as he spoke. When Reagan finished, the Soviet leader replied: "Mr. President, do what you think you have to do. And if in the end you think you have a system you want to deploy, go ahead and deploy...
Unfortunately, Hart shouldn't--and hopefully will not--be president of the United States. The character defects that he displayed in the Donna Rice incident and those that emerged in its aftermath rule out Hart's ever sitting in the Oval Office. He still thinks the press alone is to blame for his problems, that his travails reflect not at all on himself. He's displayed no sign of a new understanding of himself or of his time that make him worthy of redemption. Let him write on policy-issues to his heart's content. Just...