Word: relationship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...final analysis, the relationship between Gar's two halves is more compelling than the tension between a father and his son. Particularly intriguing was the way the private Gar turned his back in embarrassment whenever the public Gar showed sentimentality or emotion toward another character. And when Gar, his father, and the long-time maid (perfectly played by Betsy Menes) are praying, the private Gar seeks to interrupt his other self's prayer with sexual thoughts...
...most striking features of Mating Birds is its simplicity. The plot is almost stereotypical, revolving around a sexual relationship between Ndi Sibiya, a Black man, and Veronica Slater, a white woman, for which Sibiya is tried, convicted and sentenced to death. The story is told in the first person by Sibiya in the few days before his execution. There are few characters, and they are hardly developed; even Sibiya seems largely just a symbol, a spokesman and martyr for all of South Africa's Blacks. And the essential subject of the novel remains from beginning to end the larger picture...
...more balanced tone reemerges in the final chapter. The best hope for improvement in Soviet-American relations, the authors write, lies in a reaffirmation of the SALT agreements limiting offensive and defensive weapons systems. But the U.S.'s relationship with the Soviet Union will never be friendly so long as the men in the Kremlin define security in terms of domestic and international coercion. Genuinely cordial Soviet-American relations rest on the unlikely assumption that Mikhail Gorbachev wants to liberalize the Eastern bloc and the even more remote possibility that the General Secretary can liberalize the Eastern bloc...
...chief of staff and his predecessor are about as different as two people can be. While Donald Regan is forceful and autocratic, Baker is easygoing and self-effacing. Regan had no feel for politics and disdained the often subtle maneuvering that makes for a constructive relationship between the White House and the Hill. Baker is the consummate insider. In three terms as a U.S. Senator from 1967 to 1985, he mastered the art of political compromise and cajolery. In all likelihood he will actively seek help outside the White House as he attempts to get the presidency back on track...
...dilution of socialism. Its special merit is that it prevents socialism from getting mummified or frozen. We support all that Mikhail Gorbachev does." Jaruzelski is the closest to Gorbachev in both age and outlook of any of the % Warsaw Pact leaders, and they reportedly have a warm relationship. Jaruzelski started an amnesty program for political prisoners last September, five months before the Soviets announced the release of dissidents in Moscow...