Word: reaganized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...almost exactly ten years ago, in June 1979, that Jimmy Carter signed the last strategic-arms treaty. Ronald Reagan denounced the treaty, then placed in key posts a cadre of ideologues who opposed bargains with the "evil empire." Only under pressure from across the Atlantic did the Reagan Administration enter talks with the Soviets on intermediate-range nuclear missiles. Similarly, when the Administration began a new round of strategic arms talks, the aim was not so much to reach an agreement with Moscow as to outflank the nuclear-freeze movement in the U.S. and to shore up congressional support...
...Reagan's impatience with pacts and parleys was rooted in his distaste for the balance of terror that arms control helps preserve and fine-tune. Whether he was fantasizing about a perfect space-based defense or the abolition of ballistic missiles, he was implicitly repudiating the system of deterrence that had kept the nuclear peace for 40 years. No wonder Mikhail Gorbachev looked so good. He took gimmicky American proposals, put his own spin on them, made them the basis of progress -- and then bowed to the ensuing applause. Reagan had his own curtain calls too. It was part...
...been more solicitous of West German concerns in Brussels. Throughout his 40-hour stay, Bush sought to reassure Thatcher that she had not been eclipsed by Continental interests. Though it is unlikely that she will have as much influence with the cautious, pragmatic Bush as she did over Ronald Reagan, an ideological soul mate, the two found themselves in agreement on just about everything they discussed...
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a private educational institution asking for money--a quality education (which I feel that Harvard provided) costs a great deal these days, especially with the Reagan budget cuts. In fact, contributing regularly to their school is one of the best ways in which alumni can make it better...
...controversial Edwin Meese III in August and was retained by Bush shortly after he was elected president. The director of the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics (IOP) for a little over a year, Thornburgh was even touted as a possible vice-presidential candidate before former President Ronald W. Reagan tapped him for the Justice post...