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After two intensive days of bargaining, Mikhail Gorbachev would not relent in his insistence that Ronald Reagan's cherished Strategic Defense Initiative, designed to serve as a space-based shield against ballistic missiles, be confined to "laboratory research." And Reagan was equally adamant that the U.S. retain the right not only to conduct scientific research on new Star Wars weapons but to develop and test them as well...
...glamour and attention, the thrill of camera lights and sound bites? And what better way to capture the limelight than to play host to a meeting of the two most powerful men in the world? There were times last week when it seemed as if publicity-savvy Icelanders, not Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, had initiated the summit that was not a summit strictly to promote their little island: Iceland the beautiful; Iceland the restful; Iceland, home of friendly blond-haired people with unpronounceable names who believe in elves...
...butterflies in his stomach, no stage fright or sweaty palms. Ronald Reagan is booming over the phone, discussing his hopes and ideas as he prepares for Reykjav?...
...Doesn't Ronald Reagan? "Yup," says the President, sounding as if he were off somewhere in the desert ready to ride into high noon. "But I am not going to agree to something that is not good just to have an agreement...
Shell-shocked by defeat in four of the past five presidential elections and stunned by the loss of the Senate in 1980, the Democratic Party has drawn some solace from its continued dominance of the nation's Governors' mansions. Halfway through Ronald Reagan's second term, Democratic Governors still outnumber Republicans 34 to 16, defying political analysts' speculations about party realignment...