Word: visiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Raisa Gorbachev has been an elegant companion on her husband Mikhail's visits to factories, farms and foreign countries. Now the wife of the Soviet leader is stepping out on her own. When she attended a Chinese embassy fashion show earlier this month, her visit was seen as a small but significant part of Moscow's efforts to improve relations with Peking...
...adverse court decision, the N.F.L. is set to solidify its hold on Americans and has designs on Europe. Building on 4 million British viewers a week, the league is trying to penetrate cable and pay-TV markets in a half a dozen more European countries. The London visit by the Bears and Cowboys was tailor-made for proselytizing, and the teams were turned into ambassadors for the sport. Players posed for pictures in full protective gear and answered awed questions about their size with a deprecating "265 lbs., but I'm only 6 ft. 4 1/2." The visitors were such...
...Moscow that the confusion is most telling. When Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh held talks with Secretary of State George Shultz in Washington last month, he proposed a visit to Moscow by senior U.S. officials to explain the Administration's new position. By signaling the Soviet Union's hope that the U.S. would send a full delegation of top policymakers, the Soviets wanted to ensure that whatever was agreed to in Moscow would not be torpedoed back in Washington. In addition to Nitze and Perle, the delegation includes the top U.S. negotiators in Geneva and other experts...
...London residence, with her daughters, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, and two of her grandsons, accompanied by their wives (Prince Charles with the Princess of Wales and the new Duke and Duchess of York). Then "the Waleses" were off to the Mediterranean island of Majorca for a private vacation visit with "the Spains," King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. They were met at the airport by a royal entourage, including exiled King Constantine of Greece, who drove them through town in a VW bus, as tourists gawked. After a few days of warmth, the British royals are headed...
...French government's crackdown on suspected ETA terrorists who have fled to France. Basque separatists have traditionally used the southwest of France as a haven and headquarters for planning future attacks, but in recent weeks France has handed over five young Basques to Spain. In a pre-riot visit to Madrid, French Security Minister Robert Pandraud said the deportations would continue...