Word: prior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prepared to come to Washington for talks with Shultz on May 14 and 15 to lay the groundwork for a summit conference later this year. Dobrynin assured the President that while Gorbachev was setting no "preconditions" for the meeting, the Kremlin wanted to know ahead of time--presumably by prior agreement--what could be accomplished. The U.S. reply: fair enough. At his press conference the following evening, President Reagan sidestepped questions about recent Soviet criticism of his policies. "We're trying to go forward," he maintained. "We're planning for a summit here." As part of his ritual of leave...
...savings rates (15% of annual income, vs. 4% in the U.S.). But few of the proposals offered much immediate solace to frustrated American exporters as they contemplated a Japanese trade surplus with the U.S. that totaled $50 billion last year. Washington had no official reaction to the Japanese plan prior to the Reagan-Nakasone meeting. Nonetheless, I.M. Destler, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Institute for International Economics, declared that "these are steps in the right direction, but the Japanese have a substantial way to go." Nakasone acknowledged that changes in Japanese spending habits would not come easily. Said...
Corriere said that there has been no evidence that Henry had any prior contact with the victim. "We don't think he knew her before," Corriere said...
Soviet news media increasingly attacked the U.S. testing program prior to Thursday's blast, which Tass said "cast doubt" on the Reagan administration's reliability as a partner in talks...
...sixth, however, disaster struck for Dickerman, who had yielded just two hits prior to that point. Following the three consecutive Harvard errors loaded the bases for Smith, a pair of subsequent singles brought the trio home...