Word: reaganism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seeds of the affair were sown back in 1982 during the Iran-Iraq war, when President Reagan approved a "tilt" to Iraq as part of a campaign to keep either side from dominating the Persian Gulf region. That same year, the Reagan Administration scratched Iraq from its list of countries supporting terrorism and, in 1984, for the first time in 17 years, extended full diplomatic recognition to Saddam Hussein's Baghdad government. During the '80s, the U.S. guaranteed billions of dollars in commodity credits and loans to Iraq, while the CIA began secretly sharing intelligence information with Saddam...
...Democrats prepare to move into the power centers, Washington-area businesses are hoping for a trickle-down effect. "I just want to get my hands on Hillary's roots," gushes Robin Weir, Nancy Reagan's former hairdresser. To boost his chances, he sent his salon manager to California this week to have her hair done by Hillary Clinton's favorite stylist, Cristophe. Says Weir: "We want to get across to him that we know this town...
...Both the Reagan and Bush Administrations have avidly sought the group's counsel. Not to be outdone, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton has traveled to Miami's Little Havana to seek Cuban-American money and Mas' support. In Congress the foundation was the major force behind the creation of Radio and TV Marti, the U.S.-sponsored propaganda stations beamed into Cuba. Outside the legislative realm, the group won the right to prescreen Cuban immigrants headed for the U.S. from third countries, and last year it rammed through regulations limiting the money Cuban exiles can send to relatives back home...
...chance of affecting matters at all, Clinton, as President-in-waiting, should use the remainder of the campaign to shape a mandate. He must sharply define and carefully limit both the number and the reach of his plans so they become both instantly recognizable and easily digestible. As Ronald Reagan did, Clinton should stress a few core principles, priorities the people and Congress can identify without prompting as the essence of what he has been elected...
Whoever Baker is these days, he is secretive about it. He abruptly canceled a speech last week that was supposed to explain exactly what a coordinator would do. And when former Reagan adviser Edward Rollins ran into Baker and asked whether he was going to stay on through 1993, Baker replied enigmatically, "I'm going to Wyoming." Known for coveting face time on television, he has rarely been captured on camera in recent months. When Baker emerged briefly for spin-control duty after the first debate, his main concern seemed to be distancing himself from the sinking ship. "The White...