Word: premieres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Premier Nikolai Tikhonov filled in for Andropov in what became a rehearsal of the arguments that both sides would exchange throughout the visit. In an attempt to put Kohl on the defensive over Germany's Nazi past, Tikhonov emphasized that the Soviet Union was particularly alarmed by the scheduled deployment of U.S. missiles in West Germany because "it would mean that, for the first time in postwar history, a military threat again stems from German soil to the Soviet people. There is no need to say what that would mean to us." Kohl, whose self-confidence is as solid...
That was probably the only common ground between the two men. Andropov spoke even more directly and firmly than Premier Tikhonov. Kohl said later: "I met a man who spoke to the point, who was familiar with the details of the subjects under discussion and could use them in his arguments." As one West German official put it, "Nobody can say the talks were clouded by diplomatic niceties. At times it was like having a ringside seat at a fight...
Polish officials expressed irritation several times during the Pope's stay with the way the visit was progressing. In an interview that appeared on the front pages of government and party newspapers, Deputy Premier Mieczyslaw Rakowski spoke out against "educators who treat history in an uncritical manner" and encourage Polish youths to believe "myths, legends and half-truths." It was a clear reference to John Paul's homily in Czestochowa, in which he cited examples of heroic self-sacrifice from Poland's 1,000-year history. Foreign Minister Stefan Olszowski blamed "Western countries and their media...
...words echo Ali's youthful braggadocio; the prediction seems merely reasonable. Lewis, who turns 22 this week, possesses powers far from their peak. But he may already be the premier track and field athlete of his generation-the modern equivalent of his idol, Jesse Owens. Last year Lewis jumped nearly 30 ft., but fouled by an undetectable whisker. Meanwhile, track watchers are already muttering about...
Hawke offered Reagan his government's services to help improve deteriorating relations between the U.S. and mainland China. At the TIME breakfast, he recalled his meeting in April with Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang: "We were surprised at the depth of feeling . . . over what the Chinese perceive to be a deterioration between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China. What concerned them most was the question of the transfer of technology from the U.S. to China. They objected very deeply to being put in the same category as the Soviets and the Communist bloc countries." Hawke said...