Word: summiteer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Call it the summit of good feelings. As the leaders of the seven major industrial democracies concluded their twelfth annual economic conference in Tokyo last week, their assessments of the meeting went beyond the typical rote claims of harmony. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone declared that the conference "reaffirmed mutual understanding and trust between us." British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher uttered a hearty "mission accomplished." Even that perennial summit spoilsport, French President Francois Mitterrand, exulted that the meeting was "the most relaxed" he had experienced. Said the most triumphant of the summiteers, Ronald Reagan: "It's no exaggeration to describe...
...summit started with a bang. During a series of welcoming ceremonies for the leaders (from the U.S., Britain, France, West Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada) at Akasaka Palace, five homemade missiles fired from crude tubes in an apartment window nearby sailed over their target and fell harmlessly to earth. The summiteers were hardly fazed. When asked if he was disturbed by the rockets, Reagan quipped, "No, they missed...
...radicals' salvo may even have worked to the President's advantage, lending a certain immediacy to his call for a tough declaration against terrorism. During dinner with his fellow leaders on the first night of the summit, Reagan distributed a rambling ten-page position paper that Shultz, White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan and National Security Adviser John Poindexter had hurriedly drafted during the Air Force One flight. Thatcher, much to everyone's surprise, then pulled out a two-page proposal of her own. It included a checklist of direct measures that the allies could undertake...
From Bali, where they stopped last week on their way to the Tokyo economic summit, Reagan Administration officials had conflicting reactions when news of the Soviet disaster reached them. On the one hand, the White House fears that the mishap could further damage the U.S. nuclear-power industry and even provide fresh ammunition to nuclear-disarmament advocates. On the other, the Reaganauts were eager to seize the opportunity offered by the Soviets' reluctance to disclose the accident and Moscow's refusal to give full details. Said Secretary of State George Shultz: "When an incident has cross-border implications, there...
...road to the Tokyo summit, Reagan promotes democracy during a sometimes stormy stopover in Bali. As Challenger' s crew is laid to rest, nasa is rocked by another explosion on launch. Polls still show "undecided" leading a crowded field for California' s Republican Senate nomination. In Michigan, Bush and Kemp are already scrambling for delegates...