Word: agreements
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...presidential rhetoric decrying the artificial German division (from Kennedy through Reagan), U.S. officials have almost no choice but to support reunification. The people agree--a recent New York Times poll showed that over two-thirds of Americans think favorably of reunification. If it were only a matter of U.S. agreement, one Germany would be a done deal...
Baird Professor of History Richard Pipes, a member of former President Ronald W. Reagan's National Security Council, said he expected the two leaders to announce a date for an agreement on strategic nuclear weapons. Pipes also said Bush might lift some trade restrictions on the Soviet Union...
Earlier this year Poland's Primate, Jozef Cardinal Glemp, objected to an agreement among four of his fellow prelates and Jewish leaders to remove a Carmelite convent that had been established at the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. Although he later backed down, Glemp compounded the insult to Jews, charging "Your power lies in the mass media easily at your disposal...
...suitably cinematic twist, the deal turned the feuding companies into close business partners. Under terms of the agreement, Sony agreed to sell Warner a 50% interest in Columbia House, the largest U.S. direct-mail club for records, tapes and videocassettes. Warner Bros., which is controlled by Time Warner, also received exclusive cable-TV distribution rights for all Columbia feature films, television movies and mini-series. Included were the 2,700 movies in Columbia's film library. In addition, Warner Bros. will become sole owner of the valuable Burbank Studios -- which the two companies now jointly hold -- by acquiring Columbia...
...trails," the President said last week. "So far, they've ended up at dead ends." Earlier this month U.S. intelligence sources reported rumors that the hostages would be released on the anniversary of the embassy seizure. That hope also proved false. Now Americans must wait to see if the agreement in the Hague will amount to a further move in the hostage game, or just another dead...