Word: cordially
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rejected because of President Ronald Reagan's refusal to agree to ban testing and development of his Strategic Defense Initiative weapons system came as an enormous disappointment for those of us who were following the proceedings. To see President Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail S. Gorbachev so warm and cordial with one another at lunch, and so dejected and grim-faced only a few hours later, reflected their, as well as our, sorrow at what almost had been in our grasp...
...summit will give Gorbachev a chance to further a long-standing Soviet foreign policy goal of wooing Iceland out of NATO. The Kremlin has been more than cordial, backing Iceland on international matters even when it was not in Moscow's immediate interest to do so. During the so-called cod wars of the 1950s and '70s, when Iceland gradually enlarged its territorial control of fishing rights to 200 miles, the Soviets protested but nevertheless became the first major nation to recognize the new limits. In return, Iceland expanded its trade with Moscow and now provides the Soviets with about...
...surface, relations among the nearly 600 delegates to last week's symposium on the nuclear accident at Chernobyl were cordial, detached and scientific. After all, the Soviets had agreed to the extraordinary 62-nation conference, sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in a spirit of international cooperation. Said Chief Soviet Delegate Valeri Legasov: "All our experts understood that the events that happened (at Chernobyl) concerned not just the Soviet Union but the whole world...
...company, suffering from falling sales of its Old Crow and Old Grand-Dad bourbons, was looking for something more up- to-date when one of its researchers came up with the idea while trimming peach trees in his backyard. With almost no advertising, the low-alcohol (48 proof) cordial took off faster than any other liquor in the industry's history, selling almost 1.4 million cases in the first half of 1986. More than 30 other brands of peach schnapps have now flooded the market. The popularity of the peach extends into the wine business. Riunite, the Italian wine brand...
Kadar has also managed to maintain cordial ties with the West. Says one Reagan Administration official: "Relations with Hungary are by far the best in the Soviet bloc. There are virtually no contentious issues...