Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little-noticed 1986 speech to the Chicago Economic Club, Baker began articulating a new view, an offering that recognized the primacy of economic policy in the late 20th century. "Our leadership has taken a form different from that of recent historical experience," he said. "The recent model has been one of national dominance in an international economic system -- as represented by the United States in the aftermath of World War II or by Britain in the latter half of the 19th century. Our new leadership is more in the manner of an architect and builder, patiently and tenaciously pursuing...
...Francisco on March 26, 1976, and Baker talked him into indicating his willingness to get tough on Chinese textiles. Kissinger's deputies were aghast, and Baker suspected that the Secretary of State would call Air Force One to have the offensive language deleted from the President's speech. Baker arranged to be notified if Kissinger tried such a ploy. When word came, Baker called the plane too. Arguing again for the President's political interests against China's hurt feelings, Baker had the lines reinserted. "A few weeks later," Baker says, "when I met Henry for the first time...
...junior partner in the world Communist conspiracy. After they broke ranks in 1960 over Chinese objections to Soviet lapses in ideological purity, each fiercely cold-shouldered the other. It was Mikhail Gorbachev who stepped up overtures to his populous and powerful neighbor three years ago. In a 1986 speech in Vladivostok, the Soviet leader offered to create "an atmosphere of good-neighborliness," and to do so "any time and at any level." Soon after, Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping said he would meet with Gorbachev, provided that the Kremlin resolve three specific issues: border tensions, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan...
...Dooley's speech must have gotten through loud and clear because Harvard came out firing in the third period. Tri-Captain Brita Lind and freshman Sandra Whyte, Ivy Player of the Week, capitalized on a two-on-one opportunity at 10:50 in the third to give the Crimson a 1-0 lead. Lind knocked the puck past Cornell goalie and Tri-Captain Kathryn LoPresti, before she had a chance to recover from a shot by Whyte...
Experimental composer and Norton Eliot Lecturer John Cage confused a Sanders Theater audience of more than 150 people yesterday when he delivered a speech written according to the "I Ching" principle...