Word: summiteer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...idea has taken hold that Reagan is now ready to rush around the world to seek a summit with his Soviet counterpart, forget it. "I don't think there'd be any point in just having a get-acquainted meeting," said Reagan. "No, I've never been to (the Soviet Union). Looking out the window (of the White House) at all this snow, I'd rather pick a better place (than Russia)-- like the Bahamas...
Having forsaken the summit of the terpsichorean mount. That's Dancing, through various approaches, reveals the slopes to be full of unusual treasures. The brisk journey drags in only a few spots. Dancers, like athletes, often move better than they speak, and the introductions they offer to the five sections are generally useless...
...meeting ended with an agreement for further high-level talks to be overseen by Secretary of State George Shultz and his Japanese counterpart, Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe. While these steps may not be able to alleviate the boeki masatsu, the genial summit may at least help reduce domestic political pressures on both Reagan and Nakasone...
...normally tranquil streets of Dublin bristled with blue-coated Irish policemen as the leaders of the ten European Community nations gathered for a two-day summit last week. Irish officials were holding their breath: less than two months after an Irish Republican Army bomb almost claimed the life of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, an I.R.A. splinter group had vowed to try again. Instead, a different kind of assault came from an unexpected source. As the meeting drew to a close, Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou threatened to torpedo its major goal: a painstakingly constructed agreement on the terms under...
...Community decisions must be unanimous, and Papandreou has used the veto threat while demanding special benefits for Greece. He borrowed the tactic from Thatcher, who stalled the Community for five years while she insisted that Britain deserved a rebate on its Community budget contributions. In Dublin, Papandreou dragged the summit for five hours beyond its scheduled closing to argue that Greek, French and Italian farmers will need massive financial aid to help them adjust to the inevitable flood of Spanish and Portuguese produce...