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...response to the Soviet ad blaming the U.S. for blocking arms control, State Department Spokesman Charles Redman made light of the ploy, cracking, "We've not had similar success in placing ads in Pravda." In fact, the U.S. has found itself on the defensive in the game of public diplomacy. When the Soviets proposed a moratorium on nuclear testing last month, the U.S. awkwardly demurred, insisting that the ban would not be verifiable without on-site inspection. Gorbachev promptly retorted that the ban could be verified with existing satellites and seismic devices. White House Spokesman Larry Speakes huffed last week...
...Soviet proposal for a moratorium on nuclear-weapons testing had sat on the table since July, disdained by the Reagan Administration as a mere propaganda ploy. But with the Kremlin's self-imposed (and rather self-serving) testing freeze due to expire on Jan. 1, Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev sweetened the offer. If the U.S. agreed to join the Soviets in a testing halt, he wrote President Reagan on Dec. 5, U.S. inspectors would be welcome in the Soviet Union to resolve questions about cheating...
...startled Reagan Administration studies the Soviets' plan for reaching a nuclear-free utopia by 2000 and wonders if the scheme is a genuine breakthrough or simply a propaganda ploy. Kansas Republican Bob Dole, the acerbic Senate Majority Leader, braces for a run at the presidency. America honors the birthday of slain Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. with a national holiday...
Even so, to many the effort seemed hopeless only two weeks ago. Anti-NATO activists were attracting hundreds of thousands to rallies. Also, Manuel Fraga Iribarne, head of the Popular Alliance, the main conservative opposition party, urged people to abstain, claiming the referendum was just a political ploy by the Socialists. One prominent voter who ignored the boycott was popular King Juan Carlos, who said he was doing his "civic duty" when he and Queen Sofia cast ballots amid television cameras at a school near their Madrid palace. The King does not vote in municipal and general elections so that...
...President's sudden infatuation with soybeans and their potential as a source of biodiesel fuel. He mentioned this twice last week-at the Blair press conference and as an aside in the Social Security speech. It is possible that Bush's belated interest in alternative fuels is a ploy to misguide the public into thinking that his proposed energy bill is something more than a tax-incentive gravy train for the oil and coal industries (after all, the New York Times reported last week that the Administration has allowed a former oil- industry lobbyist to "edit" its position on global...