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Freedom, for all of its noise and confusion so evident at the Geneva summit, imposes standards of behavior for those who want approval in its open bazaar. Boors and bullies are these days most often put down in the long run of events...
Jesse Jackson thought he was a sly one getting to see Gorbachev during the summit to show the world that some Americans oppose Reagan's arms buildup. That was probably a hit in Minsk. In Peoria, however, such a cute maneuver probably kindled resentment against both Jackson and Gorbachev...
...journalists do in a picturesque Swiss city when a couple of bigwig visitors declare a news blackout? Answer: They pester government spokesmen about whether Ronald Reagan was secretly recording his talks with Mikhail Gorbachev (no) and how Nancy Reagan coped with the cold (long underwear). In this summit of images, the quintessential picture of the press may have been the pack that gathered around the President as he walked into a reception held by the Swiss government. "Have you agreed on anything?" they shouted. "Can't say," Reagan replied puckishly, throwing up his hands in mock despair...
...Geneva summit did not set a press attendance record (14,000 covered last year's Democratic Convention in San Francisco, for example), it probably rates at least an asterisk for the most reporters and technicians on hand to collect the least news. The event also marked Moscow's most ambitious effort yet to get its message across to the world media. In an attempt to match the Reagan Administration's well-honed communication skills, the Soviets set up shop a week before the summit at the International Conference Center, a concrete-block house dubbed "the bunker" and home...
...customary caricature portraying him as an American cowboy brandishing nuclear missiles, the front page of the Communist Party daily Pravda carried a shot of Reagan chatting informally with Gorbachev in front of a blazing fire. The Geneva encounter also provided Reagan's debut on Soviet television, which carried the summit's closing ceremonies in full as well as uncensored coverage of Gorbachev's press conference. In Moscow, television stores quickly filled with passersby curious to get a look at Reagan in action...