Word: presenters
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President John F. Kennedy's Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy were among the Americans present. The Soviets were represented by the likes of former Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and onetime Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin. The Cubans were led by Politburo member Jorge Risquet. The atmosphere, said a participant, was one of "remarkable bonhomie." However, the meeting revealed that all three parties acted out of basic misperceptions during the crisis. Among them...
...easier to rally popular vocal support for deregulation of the legal profession. Thatcher's plan calls for abolishing the traditional division between solicitors, who deal directly with the public, and barristers, who must be "instructed" by solicitors before taking on a case and who have a virtual monopoly on presenting cases in high court. Under the government's proposal, any lawyer would be free to present cases in court after obtaining a "certificate of competence." Many consumer-interest groups and solicitors cheered the plan, while barristers promised to fight...
While admitting no guilt, GM has agreed to pay more than $3 million in damages to 3,800 past and present employees, along with $13 million in pay raises for black workers whose salaries are most out of line with those of their white counterparts. The automaker has promised that future raises and promotions for blacks will keep pace with those for whites, a pledge that could cost $20 million to $40 million over the next few years...
Baker hesitates. It is well known that the U.S. is not exactly thrilled by the prospect of "E.C. '92," but a guest is present. Slowly, with his official voice in gear, the Secretary-designate rehearses the lines he will shortly repeat to the Senate during his confirmation hearings. "We've got to make sure Europe is open to all," he says. "If that means aggressively enforcing our own trade laws, so be it. I hope it doesn't come to that. It's going to take some skilled diplomacy to get the edge on that one. Tell you the truth...
...balance, Baker did more for Bush than any White House staffer has ever done for a Vice President -- but that was not necessarily enough. Shortly before Baker left the White House for the Treasury Department in 1985, he made certain that Bush was present at the crucial 9 a.m. meetings with Reagan. When Donald Regan replaced Baker, he figured that Bush's presence came with the territory. "Nobody suggested that to Baker," says a White House aide. "He just did it for his friend. But believe me, as soon as it started, George's first reaction was to wonder...