Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last speech as party boss yesterday, Kadar blamed egoism and pessimism for Hungary's economic and political crisis in an emotional speech...
...Kadar's speech was sprinkled with anecdotes, peasant proverbs and jokes. He focused on the need to revitalize Hungary's stagnating economy by eliminating corruption, increasing efficiency and allowing workers a greater voice in decisions...
...address was in sharp contrast to his opening speech on Friday, in which he denounced reformist efforts as threats to single-party rule...
...three presidential candidates are dropping in on day-care centers to dramatize their concern. Jackson proclaims in every speech, "We can either fund Head Start and child care and day care on the front side of life, or welfare and jail care on the back side of life." He offers a program of federal subsidies and tax credits calculated to extend day care to 2.6 million additional children, more than double those who would be helped by the most ambitious proposal advanced by other Democrats...
Bush, for the moment at least, is in a bind. Asked for his views on child care recently, the Vice President quipped, "I'm for it," before more seriously voicing deep concern. Right now all he can do is promise to make a major speech on the issue in June and put forth some guidelines (no new federal bureaucracy; help only to the poor, not the middle class) that will shape his position once...