Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...detailed, two-hour speech, Velayati said the Airbus never heard warnings from the Vincennes, the plane transmitted only unambiguous civilian signals, it remained in the recognized international air corridor and was climbing when the missiles were fired...
...meeting was adjourned after Velayati and Bush spoke, and neither commented later on the other's speech. The council session, with at least 15 speakers scheduled, is to resume at 10:30 a.m. Friday and U.N. officials said it could last through the weekend...
...Bush's first speech to the council since he was Washington's U.N. ambassador...
...most people in the auditorium, Melnikov's meaning was clear. But Mikhail Gorbachev wanted him to be even more explicit. Breaking into the speech, Gorbachev asked, "Maybe you have some concrete suggestions?" Then, explaining to other delegates, Gorbachev added with a smile, "We're sitting here and don't know: Is he talking about me or somebody else?" Melnikov proceeded to do what would have been unthinkable even a few months ago, naming names -- and prominent ones at that, including Andrei Gromyko, the country's 78-year-old President. The smile faded from Gorbachev's face, but when the highlights...
Whether or not the conference succeeded in making Gorbachev's modernization plans "irreversible" -- his stated goal -- there was little doubt that he dominated the event. The Soviet leader delivered three addresses, including a 3 1/2-hr. keynote speech and an impassioned follow-up talk starkly warning that socialism "will die unless we reform the political system." He also delivered the meeting's closing address, declaring that the conference had opened the way to "a democratic image of socialism...