Word: summiteer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--President Reagan said yesterday he was "very concerned" that the Senate may not ratify the pending U.S.-Soviet arms control treaty before he goes to Moscow for summit talks with Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev...
...hopes the move will help burnish Moscow's international image, which was tarred by Leonid Brezhnev's decision in 1979 to invade Afghanistan in the first place. Thus it was perhaps no coincidence that Gorbachev wanted to see the withdrawal begin before President Reagan arrives in Moscow for a summit meeting...
...other instance, Speakes says he quoted Reagan as telling Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev during their Geneva summit meeting, "There is much that divides us, but I believe the world breathes easier because we are talking here together...
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and President Ronald Reagan sang and swapped jokes about their Irish heritage on St. Patrick's Day three years ago at the "Shamrock Summit" in Quebec City, but their friendship has soured since then. Last week it bottomed out over the unresolved problem of acid rain. Much of the pollution that falls on Canada is caused by the burning of coal and other fuels by U.S. industries. In a speech in New York City, Mulroney angrily declared, "It's ruining our lakes, it's killing our rivers, it's ruining our forests...
...commitment from the U.S. to / decrease acid rain, Mulroney lashed out at the Reagan Administration's wait- and-study attitude. "Friendship has inescapable costs," said he. "One of them is bearing whatever burdens are required to avoid polluting your neighbor's property." Although the two leaders will hold another summit later this month, Mulroney acknowledged that he must wait for Reagan's successor to see any results...