Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...military muscle, whether U.S. allies agree or not. The leading exponent of this view is Weinberger, who in recent months has openly criticized Haig's policies on everything from the repayment of delinquent Polish debts to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, with no attempt by the President to quiet him. The intense, high-strung Haig was worried constantly, and with reason, that the laid-back Californians had far easier and more intimate access to Reagan than he ever would...
...Reagan, Baker, Clark and Deaver knew that Haig was finished. Says one of those four: "We had to sit through that lunch knowing what was about to happen, and knowing that Haig didn't even know." Haig's demeanor, however, struck most of those attending as exceptionally quiet and peaceful, possibly because he had made up his mind to go through with his resignation...
...time being there was no easy way to patch the breach opened by the lamentable Falklands war. As long as emotions remained a guiding force both in Britain and in Argentina, the only U.S. option, in the words of a State Department official, was "quiet encouragement." The best hope was that time would heal the wounds opened so brutally, that a rational appraisal of each country's best long-term interests would eventually prevail, and that the hard-won peace would not unravel. -By George Russell...
...bolt of cloth was sent along to Beverly Hills Tailor Frank Mariani, who makes all of Reagan's suits. He went to work with the quiet confidence that comes from knowing his customer's taste: two-button coat, medium-width lapels, pleated trousers and six buttons on the fly. For $1,200 the suit was a beauty, and Mariani suspected back then that it might be destined for fame. "The President likes his clothes," explains Mariani. "He builds a fondness for them...
...quiet Sunday as the picadors at all three networks prepared to implant their banderillas in the hides of their talk-show guests. NBC's Meet the Press had drawn the best bull, the one most likely to be goaded into making a Monday headline. This was the controversial Jeane Kirkpatrick, Ambassador...