Word: precook
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though the U.S. remains first among the industrial powers, its pre-eminence is slipping. Until recently, says a White House official, "we used to be able to precook these summit agreements" among the "Sherpas" who prepare the agendas for the heads of governments. These days, however, "everything of importance has to be decided by the heads of state, so they're doing real negotiating on the spot. It's like an open political convention where everybody's trying to line up votes...