Word: summiteer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...begin producing new chemical weapons again to replace its aging stockpile of existing ones. The White House contends that the Soviets have used chemical munitions in Afghanistan and Southeast Asia and claims that the Gorbachev proposal is merely a propaganda move aimed at winning support in Europe before his summit with Reagan in November. While that may be the case, the Administration continues to find itself faced with agile Soviet diplomatic gambits that could give the Kremlin a public relations advantage, particularly among America's European allies...
...leader at or near the peak of his influence, but perils surround him. As he heads into what may be the most challenging weeks of his presidency, Ronald Reagan must do battle over deficits, trade, taxes, farm aid and the positions he will take in Geneva at the November summit with the Soviet Union's Mikhail Gorbachev...
American officials were apprehensive that Gorbachev had raised "the level of expectations for the summit" by dangling hints of a sharp reduction in nuclear weapons only if the U.S. would stop development of its Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), commonly known as Star Wars. White House Spokesman Larry Speakes tried to downplay any idea of substantive arms-control bargaining at the summit. Said Speakes: "The important thing is to get to this meeting, to have the two men look each other over, size each other up, lay out their views on these various topics and then be able...
...truth. This is nonsense, and Donaldson knows it. At times a press secretary speaks with fingers crossed behind his back. Government has no duty to reveal its private deliberations but risks its truthworthiness when it blatantly misleads. It is in such a context that news stories about the forthcoming summit meeting should be judged. Reagan and his advisers used to say that summits without well-prepared agendas could be harmful; now his people speak of a "get acquainted" meeting with General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Reagan has said that we cannot trust the evil empire; does this suggest he would...
...leader now that matters, but the group that put that leader there," said Neznansky, adding that the upper echelons of the communist Party elected Gorbachev, and "through his lips they will meet world problems with Reagan at the summit...