Word: broached
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least briefly, from one of his Administration's most staunchly held foreign strategies. In an International Human Rights Day address, Reagan paused in a litany of familiar themes (the Soviets' "barbaric war" in Afghanistan, Iran's persecution of the Baha'i religious minority) to broach a surprise topic. "The U.S. has said on many occasions that we view racism with repugnance," he asserted. He then confessed "our grief over the human and spiritual cost of apartheid in South Africa...
...raise a wide variety of regional and bilateral issues during this session, including such disagreeable matters as Soviet aid to antigovernment rebels in El Salvador, Moscow's ties to the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and the continuing crackdown on freedoms in Poland. Shultz was prepared even to broach the subject of human rights in the Soviet Union, according to a senior White House official, primarily to satisfy various East European constituencies that take note of such frequently hopeless exchanges. Said a U.S. diplomat: "We will have our say, and Gromyko will just have to listen." The specific U.S. objective...
...mention the number "57" to the Harvard men's lacrosse team. In fact, you might even broach a touchy subject mentioning Heinz ketchup to the laxmen...
...Cardinal in his sermon did not broach his other problem, the transfer of Father Mieczyslaw Nowak from the Church of St. Joseph the Worker in Warsaw's industrial suburb of Ursus. The next day, however, Glemp held a 90-minute meeting with the banished priest as well as with representatives of nine of St. Joseph's parishioners who were fasting to protest the Cardinal's decision. Once again the outcome appeared to indicate Glemp's determination to coexist with the Jaruzelski regime. Despite the fast and the fact that many of Nowak's supporters...
...First to broach the surcharge idea was David Stockman, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, who last December proposed a $2-per-bbl. import surcharge. Though the President rejected the idea, such a tax would add about 5? per gal. to the retail price of gasoline, which has fallen by as much as 200 in some places anyway...