Word: raisa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other for a moot nuke nay-say. A wide-open range awaits Lucky the dog, In Ronnie's agenda he won't be a cog. To his master we offer the same one-way flight As far west as need be to get out of sight The shine of Raisa put Nancy in shadow, Wowing the press but not cooling bravado. Rhetorical barbs continue to fly East to West, West to East--thorns to both sides...
...answer seemed to be both yes and no. As Gorbachev and his elegant wife Raisa boarded a blue-and-white Aeroflot Il-62 jetliner for the return voyage to Moscow last Saturday, the Soviet leader could not claim any great victory on substance. On the public relations front, Gorbachev had also experienced some of the perils of the open, Western-style image making that he and his Kremlin advisers are striving to cultivate. Even so, he projected himself as an impressive, energetic figure whose pursuit of traditional Soviet goals is at least as dogged as that...
...which he called for separate nuclear arms negotiations with Britain and France. "The Soviet Union attaches the most serious importance to ensuring human rights," he declared. But he added that "it is only necessary to free this problem from hypocrisy and speculation." After the speech, Gorbachev strolled with Raisa along the Seine to the French Foreign Ministry for lunch with 135 diplomats and dignitaries. There he heard Premier Fabius raise the issue of human rights again. Gorbachev's face became momentarily expressionless...
Afterward, while Raisa continued to give Paris a taste of her brand of Soviet chic (see box), Gorbachev made contact with France's working class. Accompanied by French Foreign Trade Minister Edith Cresson, he journeyed to a Parisian suburb for an hour-long tour of a highly roboticized Peugeot auto factory. The Soviet leader tried out the latest model sedan, then donned protective goggles to inspect the plant and chat with workers about wages and factory conditions. So determinedly upbeat was the visit that Soviet Ambassador to France Yuli Vorontsov jokingly told a Peugeot executive, "You're getting so much...
...found on Fifth Avenue and Rodeo Drive, as well as in department stores like Macy's and Denver Dry Goods. Great care is taken to maintain the quality that has earned the loyalty of such customers as King Juan Carlos of Spain and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's wife Raisa, as well as of those of more modest means who can afford only the occasional status symbol...