Word: press
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After arriving at their posh hotel near the United Nations, the newly liberated men wandered in and out of one another's rooms, exclaiming: "Prekrasnaya! Prekrasnaya!" (wonderful! wonderful!). At a press conference Kuznetsov declared: "This is just as incredible as if we found ourselves on the moon. It is difficult to get this through our heads. We still have not grown accustomed to free faces expressing good will." Two of the dissidents, Kuznetsov and Dymshits, then left for Israel; the other three are expected to remain in the U.S. Moroz went to a parade in his honor in Philadelphia...
Last week was typical. As it began, there were encouraging signs that the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. might approve a SALT II draft treaty within a few days. The White House had scheduled a background briefing for the press, and it was known that Jimmy Carter was planning to make SALT the centerpiece of his speech at the American Newspaper Publishers Association conference in Manhattan. There was even some speculation that he would use this forum to announce the conclusion of the talks...
...Surrounded by aides who mirror his own limitations, Carter displays "a combination of arrogance, complacency, and-dread thought-insecurity at the core of his mind and soul." Fallows quit his speechwriting job last fall to become Atlantic's Washington editor. He seems to have been surprised when the press publicized the nastiest quotes from his piece, but when he called Press Secretary Jody Powell home to say that his article had been misinterpreted, Powell had only one question: "What in God's name do you think you're doing?" Groused another aide: "If you talk to Fallows...
...sharp contrast to Thatcher's colorful road show, "Sunny Jim" Callaghan was waging a rather low-keyed, traditional campaign, appearing frequently at poorly attended rallies on behalf of Labor candidates for Parliament. Callaghan and his aides traveled without fanfare on an executive jet, leaving the press to catch up as best it could on whatever planes and trains were available. As a result, he was getting less national attention than the Tory leader...
...sabotage? An environmental organization calling itself Groupe des Écologistes Français claimed responsibility. No one had ever heard of the group before the explosion, and French authorities dismissed its claims. But by imposing a blackout on news of the police investigation, government officials inspired speculation in the press about possible, and some rather impossible, culprits. France Soir reported that the police believed "extreme leftists" had planted the explosives. Le Matin de Paris suggested that the act had been committed by Palestinians working on behalf of Libya. The newsweekly Le Point hinted that the CIA might have been involved...