Word: spurs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remaining virtually silent on the human rights violations in the Soviet Union risks sending the wrong signal. It implies that the United States is only selectively concerned with human rights, thus putting no pressure on the Soviet Union to liberalize at home. Only loud protest by American citizens can spur the Reagan Administration to speak out. Tonight, at Holyoke Center, that protest can begin...
...several specific policy issues, voters divide in ways that cannot please either party very much. Asked what the nation should do to spur economic recovery, 66% chose as their first priority large cuts in Government spending. A plus for Reagan and the Republicans? Not entirely: 62% of those who gave this answer would reduce planned military outlays, vs. only 21% who would slash further into social-program expenditures...
...more than the rest of us, observed the greatest possible self-discipline in exercise, rest and diet, and took a four-kilometer walk early each morning. He never ate at Laurel with the others, but preferred to dine in privacy. When I wanted to talk to him on the spur of the moment, I would call first and then go to his cottage. I dressed informally, and whenever possible I ran, swam, rode a bicycle or played tennis to get much needed exercise. Between meetings, I spent a lot of time keeping notes of negotiations...
...short term, Schmidt's fall would not substantially change West German policies. Kohl's new coalition would probably cut some welfare benefits and provide more business incentives to spur economic recovery. Foreign policy, as one C.D.U. deputy puts it, will be characterized by "continuity with new accents." Kohl, who is more reticent and less arrogant than Schmidt, would probably improve the tone of Bonn's sometimes testy relations with Washington. Unlike the S.P.D., the Christian Democrats do not have to put up with a noisy minority that opposed a strong NATO defense against Soviet expansionism...
...while (see box). Despite some encouraging signs, TIME'S board members found the economy to be still weak and the recovery to be somewhere in the future. In May, when the board last met, members thought that the Reagan Administration's July 1 income tax cut would spur consumer spending and push growth to a 3.3% annual rate during the third quarter. In fact, scared consumers have been keeping a tight lid on spending, raising doubts about whether the economy will show any growth next month when the Commerce Department releases its preliminary third-quarter figures...