Word: stage
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reason for the fascination with this rather strange televised encounter is the scripted and stage-managed nature of the race thus far. On the advice of their handlers, the two candidates have largely avoided situations that carried the slightest semblance of spontaneity. During the days preceding the debate, the handlers coached their men assiduously to ensure that no unscripted statement, answer or even gesture would occur in front of television viewers. Nevertheless, there is a limit to what campaign managers can control, and the debate was a rare chance for the public to see Bush and Dukakis react entirely...
...sale fiasco. Officials sketch a three-part approach. First, the U.S. will talk informally with anyone, anytime. "We keep in touch," says National Security Adviser Colin Powell; he will not say with whom. Second, Washington will officially negotiate only with an "authoritative" representative of the Tehran government, and that stage has not yet been reached. Says one State Department official: "We hear from people who say they know somebody who knows somebody in the Iranian government who can help with the hostages. Well, we've been burned on that one before, so we're not interested." Third, if negotiations...
...retirement of the 79-year-old Gromyko from the Politburo set the stage for his removal as president during a special session of the Supreme Soviet legislature scheduled for Saturday in the Kremlin...
Anxiety was highest as the ship went through a30-second period of severe aerodynamic stress. Itwas during this stage of the flight that one ofChallenger's booster rockets failed and triggeredthe January 28, 1986 catastrophe, 73 seconds afterlift...
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