Word: summiteer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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TOKYO--Leaders of the industrialized democracies ended a "smooth summit" yesterday, voicing satisfaction that they confronted terrorism while moving toward new trade talks and a revamped world monetary policy--two principal goals of the economic conference...
...world leaders newly committed to fighting terrorism, the summit closed on the same raucous note that marred its opening: Japanese radicals seeking to sabotage the proceedings descended on subway and train stations with smoke bombs packed with firecrackers, crippling rush-hour traffic, but claiming no casualties, in a city turning weary under a welter of unprecedented security restrictions...
...president's top aides declared that the Reagan administration had come away from the summit with much of what it had sought, including a statement of unity against terrorism, which singled out Moammar Khadafy's Libya "inparticular...
Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared "mission accomplished." U.S. Treasury Secretary James A. Baker said, "It was a smooth summit." West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl proclaimed: "We were able to achieve good results." And Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi said he came away from the summit gathering "with full satisfaction...
...saying the summit was a success for Reagan, the president's top aides cited acceptance of Baker's plan to try to stabilize currency exchange rates through a system of economic checks and balances and an agreement by the other summit partners to back preliminary talks in September aimed at lowering barriers that restrict U.S. sales abroad...