Word: stern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shevardnadze's meeting with Reagan. When Mr. Shevardnadze gave the President the Gorbachev letter, he described it a little bit and then the President told him what he thought about the Daniloff matter in a very strong way -- the President gets this stern look and fire in his eyes. And when I met with Shevardnadze, the next thing he said to me, "The President's really concerned about this, isn't he?" I said, "You better believe...
...Reagan and briefly summarized its contents did it become clear that the last paragraph of the missive was one of the most extraordinary in the lengthening annals of White House-Kremlin correspondence. Reagan did not reply immediately; he devoted most of his 45-minute meeting with Shevardnadze to a stern lecture about how angry the U.S. was over Daniloff's arrest...
That neither side did want to back out any longer first became obvious on Sept. 19, after Shevardnadze arrived in Washington for his long-delayed talks with Shultz and an unscheduled call on Reagan in the Oval Office. Though much of the discussion was taken up by stern American lectures about Daniloff, neither Reagan nor Shultz let the dispute prevent progress on arms control. Shevardnadze handed Reagan a personal letter from Gorbachev replying to arms- control proposals the President had made in July. The Soviet Foreign Minister also hinted at further concessions toward an INF agreement. He and Shultz wound...
Although that information was no longer secret,Bradlee said, The Post's story on the subjectelicited a stern denunciation from the secretaryof defense--followed by 4000 letters to theeditor, some of which contained death threats
Enter W. Henson Moore, a six-term Republican Congressman from Baton Rouge who is running for the Senate with a stern message for voters: "It's morning in Louisiana. The party's over. It's time to put our people back to work." Moore, 46, could become Louisiana's first Republican Senator in this century. In Saturday's "open" primary, a nonpartisan melee in which any candidate who gets more than 50% of the vote is automatically elected, he has a fair shot at winning outright the seat being vacated by the wily Russell Long after 38 years...