Word: knew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Stalinist will not succeed Gorbachev," he warned. The release of political prisoners motivated him to call ever more insistently for the liberation of those still in the Gulag. He himself was elected to the new People's Congress, but he continued to battle for the multiparty system he knew was indispensable if true democracy was ever to come to his homeland. Andrei Sakharov did not live to see freedom flower completely, but if that day ever does come, he will deserve much of the credit for planting and nurturing the seed...
...would call George Bush timid. Quite the contrary, the President made a rare appearance as Bush the riverboat gambler. By sending a high-level delegation to Beijing to confer with Chinese authorities who only six months earlier had ordered the massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators near Tiananmen Square, Bush knew he would stir up a hurricane of outraged protest. And for what? The slender chance that China would respond with concessions that could begin to melt the ice in U.S. relations with the world's most populous nation...
...during the presidential campaign as manipulated by handlers, and he is out to prove that he can move boldly and effectively in foreign affairs. In China he found an area where he thought he could rely on his expertise to act. Explains White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater: "The President knew he would be criticized for this, but he feels strongly that it's in our national interest to improve relations with China. He feels he knows China as well as anybody -- and better than his critics in Congress." The next few weeks will tell whether that faith is well founded...
...reporters, Gorbachev delivered a eulogy of his own, hinting at his genuine feelings for the man who had so often challenged him to move further and faster toward overhauling their struggling country. "It is a great loss," he said. "You could agree or not agree with him, but you knew he was a man of conviction and sincerity. He was not a political intriguer. I valued this...
...report, based in part on previously secret government documents, indicates that federal officials knew more about such health dangers than has been acknowledged, and that decisions were made to keep workers in the dark...