Word: tripping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...everyone on board felt the trip was a complete loss. Many passengers liked the new shops hawking the goods of Gucci, Dior and Dunhill. Others praised the polite crew, understaffed by a last-minute union squabble. But it was not like the old days when Cunard boasted that "getting there is half the fun." Last week jetting there might have been half the hassle...
After trailing Labor in popularity for most of 1986, the Tories have roared back. Thatcher's triumphant Moscow trip, contrasted with Labor Leader Neil Kinnock's failed venture to Washington, gave the government a sharp boost in April. Labor's demand that Britain scrap its nuclear arsenal and ban American nuclear weapons and bases, a stance the U.S. claims would destroy NATO, continues to cut deeply into the party's support. So have fierce intraparty ideological rivalries between moderates and the militant left. The quarreling allowed the Conservatives to jump into a lead of between 10 and 15 points...
...Iranians' trip to Washington followed other unsuccessful attempts to negotiate with Iran, including former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane's trip to Tehran with a planeload of armaments in an effort to gain freedom for U.S. hostages in Lebanon...
...bluntly told him that the U.S. should keep its tariffs on Japanese electronic goods until Tokyo abandons all unfair trade practices. The Senate leader argued the same point in a letter to Reagan that warned against lifting sanctions until Tokyo demonstrates "sustained compliance" with trade agreements. Yet Nakasone's trip to Capitol Hill won him some respect. Said Senator Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana and a trade hawk: "Now I understand why the Japanese do so well. They just hang in there. It was an impressive performance...
...increasingly destined to tangle in a bitter clash of wills. The reason: Peres wants Israel to cooperate with Jordan, the U.S. and probably Egypt in the convening of an international peace conference on the Middle East, but Shamir is dead set against the idea. When Peres left on a trip to Western Europe to pursue the plan, Shamir declared testily, "I hope he fails." Last week the Prime Minister made a quick visit to Paris. His stated mission: "To undermine European support for an international conference...