Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...economy will turn up and that developments abroad will break in favor of the White House. Says one aide: "Of course we're in a trough right now, but we will come out of it." Meanwhile, Reagan's response to the rising doubts is primarily a marked shift in rhetoric, accompanied by some token measures. Gone, at least for the moment, are the taunting attacks on critics of his defense and budget policies, with which the President peppered his speeches as recently as three weeks ago. Instead, the White House is missing no chance to portray Reagan...
...grocery store. Working at night also keeps workers cool. Says Bart Fisher, who this year will harvest almost 90% of his melon crop at night: "There is a dramatic improvement in morale when the workers pick at night." After-hours in the melon fields is apparently one night-shift assignment that pleases workers and bosses alike...
...Reagan Administration came into office with stubborn, simple-minded prejudices against arms control, unrealistic ambitions for massive rearmament, and a propensity for bellicose rhetoric that has frightened its allies and its own citizens more than it has restrained its adversaries. Administration officials have made numerous statements suggesting a policy shift from the traditional imperative of deterring nuclear war to a new, or at least more explicit, preparedness to wage such a war if necessary...
...show's format, on-air personalities and content are still under debate at CBS. Despite plans for a relaxed morning-show style, the late-night news may take on a feisty chemistry all its own. The audience, notes CBS Vice President Tony Malara, will be primarily "insomniacs, shift people and people who watch a lot of television." Those who appear for live interviews, adds News President Van Gordon Sauter, are likely "to have bizarre living patterns or something they desperately want...
...last week, was reserved for a very special guest: French President François Mitterrand, the first West European leader to visit the Jewish state since former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt's historic pilgrimage in 1973. Despite a few rocky moments, the trip demonstrated France's shift away from the pro-Arab policy set by President Charles de Gaulle in 1967. It was a significant example of Mitterrand's stated intention to "speak the same language" to both Arabs and Israelis. Declared Mitterrand at the airport ceremonies: "Rest assured that a true friend has come...