Word: respondents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Topic A around the White House was how to respond to the Democrats' spending and tax plans. Oklahoma Democrat James Jones, chairman of the House Budget Committee, said that he had been approached by representatives of the Treasury Department to talk compromise. The White House quickly denied any such wavering of intent. "Why should the President compromise?" asked Treasury Secretary Donald Regan. "He is doing fine standing still." Vice President George Bush declared that Reagan's program must be passed "unsalamied"-meaning that it should not be subjected to the "salami tactic" of paring it down slice...
Vogel was the only one of the three panelists to express pessimism over the U.S. public's ability to recognize and respond to the depth of the challenge posed by Japanese economic power on the U.S.'s position in the world. He cited Japan's recent surge in shipping and in the semi-conductor industry as examples of its increasing preeminence...
...oppose detente, but it must be a genuine detente that protects the independence and security of Third World countries--not a pretext for Soviet expansion. The United States' failure to respond to the Afghan invasion only confirmed our deepest fears and reservations about detente as well as the prospects for peaceful negotiation...
...demonstrators, including many from Brixton, marched peacefully in nearby Deptford to protest what they considered deliberately lethargic police investigation of the deaths of two young blacks in a fire. The latest spark appears to have been struck the evening before the rioting, when blacks accused police of failing to respond quickly enough after a black Brixton man was stabbed to death...
...Tejero's political career, the Socialist setback, even the stifling of political debate, all pale beside the Basque problem. Most analysts expect ETA to provoke the army into bloody repression over the coming months, and they expect the generals to respond in character, probably by demanding some form of martial law. The resulting strains may be too much for the civilian government. "Everyone said we would have a difficult time when Franco died," says a senior official in Madrid, "but we have had a relatively comfortable time so far. Perhaps the real transition to democracy begins now." -By John...