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...President, looking relieved that the painful moment had passed, applauded. He did not respond to Wiesel's plea not to lay a wreath at Bitburg. Moments before, Reagan had eloquently expressed his view that Americans have pledged more than "Never again"; they have also pledged "Never forget." Yet in indirect reference to the cemetery visit that has embroiled his presidency in its most emotional controversy, he also declared, "There is a spirit of reconciliation between the peoples of the Allied nations and the people of Germany and between the soldiers who fought each other on the battlefields of Europe. That...
...American downturn would be felt by nations that have been fueling their economies by exports to the U.S. At next month's economic summit conference in Bonn, Treasury Secretary James Baker and President Reagan will make a plea to U.S. trading partners to take up any slack caused by the slowing American expansion. Last week, during a meeting of the policymaking committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Baker heard foreign complaints that the U.S. must get its budget and trade deficits under control if the outlook for world economic growth is to remain favorable...
...last appearance in court, Vaghar had intended to change her plea to guilty as part of an agreement reached with the Middlesex District Attorney’s office that would have enabled her to avoid jail time. But Cambridge District Court Judge Severlin Singelton rejected the plea, instead saying that he wanted to impose a minimum of 60 days of jail time...
...meeting, which extended a half-hour beyond the allotted time, Summers made another plea for reconciliation...
Reminding Harvard students of their ability to influence the future of humanitarianism, Stone teared up as she delivered a plea to focus on the dream of peace...