Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shultz's remarks were not well received by the allies. In a welcoming speech, Canada's Minister of External Affairs Joe Clark dispensed with diplomatic circumlocution, calling President Reagan's decision "a profoundly disturbing development." The three-hour closed-door session that followed was described as a "lively exchange." British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe told participants, "We believe that SALT II provides the basis for a good agreement, and we would very much regret it if the Americans felt obliged to break it." Shultz argued, to no avail. The room was unanimously, and strenuously, against...
...speech that received a tepid reception from the National Association of Manufacturers, President Reagan called the trade bill a "kamikaze" measure that would "send our economy into the steepest nose dive since the Great Depression." But to show his concern for the trade deficit, he announced that Washington was close to an agreement with Tokyo that would open Japanese markets to more U.S. computer chips...
...most of the early 20th century world, a fresco could still be counted on for political impact. Mexico had a huge illiterate population, used to learning doctrine by looking at images. Painting had little or no competition from other media. It could be as direct a form of social speech as it had once been in the city-states of the Renaissance. Characteristically, Rivera mythologized the impact of Mexico on his work after he returned in 1921 --and yet, in a way, he was telling the truth: "Gone was the doubt and inner conflict that had tormented me in Europe...
...rally stalled last week, at least temporarily, as the value of shares plunged by 6.8% on Monday. Finance Minister Balladur quickly moved to allay investor concern. Said he in the National Assembly: "The Bourse has risen enormously. From time to time, people catch their breath." But after Balladur's speech, prices recovered only slightly. Market experts in Paris ascribed the slowdown to an impatient mood among investors, who are waiting for more solid economic results before pushing prices higher...
...jumped 1.5% in April; it was the best performance since October 1983. Said David Wyss, an economist with the Data Resources forecasting firm: "Now that we've had three months in a row of strong increases, that's very good news for the summer economy." President Reagan, in a speech to the National Association of Manufacturers, hailed the statistic as a signal of "good times ahead...