Word: socialist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...blocking a deal that Gorbachev said could have constituted a "turning point in world history." In his TV speech the Soviet leader at times took a condescending, almost derisive tone toward Reagan, portraying the President as a confused leader "demonstrating his complete ignorance and misunderstanding of . . . the socialist world." But Gorbachev was as insistent as any Reaganaut in denying that the summit had failed. Said Gorbachev: "The work that went on during the meeting will not be wasted . . . We have cleared the path toward developing further struggle for peace and disarmament...
...have sought assistance everywhere. We found it in some places and not in others. No country in the West would give us weapons, so we went to the Soviet Union. They agreed to give us weapons, and we accepted them. I have gone up and down the socialist countries, and not once has any of them tried to tell us what to do. African countries also gave us weapons, and we accepted them. Where else could we have gone? We also get tremendous assistance from the Nordic countries -- as much as, if not more than, from the socialist countries...
...crisis rallied popular support behind the government. Approval ratings for both the neo-Gaullist Chirac and Socialist President Francois Mitterrand jumped in opinion polls. Inevitably, though, the ongoing tension spurred some politicking. Nearly 2,000 protesters showed up when the National Front, the far-rightist party led by Jean-Marie Le Pen, defied a government ban by staging a noisy rally in the Place de l'Opera. Le Pen criticized the government for its "nonchalant" attitude toward terrorism...
...John Birch Society, calls himself a constitutionalist, declaring, "It's my firm conviction that the Constitution of this land was brought forth by men who God sent down and inspired to do it." During a 1961 debate he went so far as to claim that President Eisenhower supported socialist policies regarding education. Yet his primary victory seemed to be less an indication of a rightward lurch in Arizona than of resentment against the "Phoenix 40" and other business and political leaders. His nomination sent a message to the "downtown establishment," said Mecham. "No longer can we allow them...
...unacceptable shift," snapped Socialist Chancellor Franz Vranitzky. He was referring to an abrupt rightward lurch by his conservative coalition partner, Austria's Freedom Party, which had just elected Jorg Haider, 36, as party chairman. With that, Vranitzky called for snap elections in November...