Word: generalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have been focusing on making good decisions in executing the offense in general and in transition in particular," Wambach said...
...year ago this week, in what may be the most important speech ever delivered before the U. N. General Assembly, Gorbachev put on a bravura performance of what he calls new political thinking and set an agenda for a post-cold-war world order. He proclaimed a benevolent decimation of the Soviet armed forces, an effective 10% drawdown in manpower and hardware. He earned loud cheers and enthusiastic praise around the world, but not from the newly elected leader in Washington. George Bush was into his prudence thing, not his vision thing. As the Administration took shape, it radiated...
...restricts U.S.-Soviet trade, as soon as the Supreme Soviet concludes legislation permitting free emigration. For the interim, he proposed that the two nations negotiate a new trade treaty in time for the June summit. He also vowed to support observer status for the Soviet Union at the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) talks, a move long sought by the Soviets to help integrate the U.S.S.R. into the world economic system...
...Said an American aide who was at the table: "The President wanted to get the message across that he didn't just support perestroika; he wanted to back up his support." Gorbachev listened closely, nodding vigorously at times. His reply to the President's offers was warm, though mostly general. "Gorbachev completely caught the spirit," said a U.S. official. "There was nothing from which he dissented...
Legal expatriates often find their training helpful in consulting, banking, accounting and many other fields. Attorney Donald Carano and a partner acquired eight vineyards in Sonoma County, Calif., in 1985. Says Carano, now the general manager of the Ferrari-Carano Winery: "Law provides the grounds for a natural evolution to business...