Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...called a press conference in Washington to announce a dramatic change in strategy. Because the so-called Sullivan Principles had failed to bring an end to apartheid, he declared, he had concluded that all American firms should leave South Africa and that the Reagan Administration should break its remaining trade and diplomatic ties with that country...
...Madison High School in Vienna, Va., cheer him off from the sweet sweep of the South Lawn. The creaky jet still has some spirit as it thunders up through the gray clouds and is away. The Iran-contra mess seems to fade to a whisper, the deficits and the trade struggle to diminish magically. At 37,000 ft., the world looks green and serene, even manageable...
...Students are told that you are at Harvard, you're told that you're great, and you trade prestige for you're rights," he says. "People can become very complacent here...
Worried about a sagging economy and a dangerous international trade deficit, today's congressmen have been frantically seeking ways to improve America's economic competitiveness. Due to the efforts of Harvard and other universities' lobbyists, a consensus has arisen on Capitol Hill that higher education is the most efficient tool for improving the nation's long-term economic health. Many congressmen believe that financial support is essential for basic scientific research and student financial aid to produce the technology and the highly-trained work force America needs to improve its economy...
...resolve not to succumb to terrorism by striking deals with hostage-takers, Reagan did just that. In what was sarcastically referred to as "The Swap That Wasn't a Swap," Daniloff was returned to the U.S. and the Soviet spy went home to Moscow--but it wasn't a trade, the President said. The two actions were not related...