Word: summiteer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That is indeed why we agreed to hold the forthcoming summit meeting in the first place. We did so because we felt that we could do a lot by trying to meet each other halfway. That, again, is why we have reacted so sharply to some of the statements being made these days in connection with the summit. So we see that there are some who want to generate a situation to persuade the U.S. and the American public that, as (Columnist) Mary McGrory put it, even if the only thing to come out of the summit was an agreement...
...part have very serious intentions in respect to the summit. We are making very serious preparations for that meeting, and we shall be prepared to submit some very serious proposals, regardless of what some of Reagan's advisers to the right or to the left--if I am correct he does not have any advisers on the left--regardless of what any of his advisers try to sell to him. If we did not believe in the possibility of bringing about an improvement in our relations, we never would have agreed to have the Geneva summit in the first place...
...Geneva just to get acquainted, just to look at the beauties of Lake Geneva, the beauty of Swiss mountains, that is not adequate to the leaders of two such great nations. It is an expensive luxury. We will do all in our power to make the summit meeting instrumental in improving relations between the Soviet Union...
...article to be released this weekend in Foreign Affairs magazine, former President Nixon says that an agreement reducing arms, but not linked to restraints on political conduct, would not contribute to peace. In effect he is saying that the first priority of a summit should not be arms control, but potential flash points and pressure points between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Do you share that view...
...extensive interview, Grunwald lightened the serious tone by inquiring whether Gorbachev's attractive wife Raisa would accompany the General Secretary to the summit talks in Geneva. Gorbachev said she would. "That's good," said Grunwald. "You know, the Western press is in love with her." The jocular answer was vintage Gorbachev: "Well, in that case, maybe I should reconsider...