Word: impressionism
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The Soviet attitude is even more unsure. U.S. and Soviet officials canceled a Bush-Gorbachev press conference that they had scheduled in Paris, obviously because the two Presidents, dining together, had failed to agree on a use-of- force resolution. Both sides then scrambled to deny any impression of a...
WCBS correspondent Roseanne Colletti, who narrated the segments, explains that the station decided to air the subject largely because of the publication of a new set of Kinsey Institute findings. Those had revealed nothing in particular in a very specific way: 37% of married men and 29% of married women...
Administration officials insist that any impression of confusion or vacillation is unfair. Since the crisis began in early August, the President has been consistent about his bottom line. Says one White House official: "We thought our message was simple enough, that we'd like Saddam to withdraw peacefully but that...
You want to like him. There is something modern and hopeful about Salinas that separates him from traditional Mexican politicians. His office gives a carefully cultivated impression of efficiency. He expects -- and gets -- results. Decisions come from the top with the expectation that they will be implemented, not debated.
Indeed, in the present case of Iraq, this confusion has led to a major blunder. The State Department refused to condemn Saddam Hussein time and again, possibly giving Saddam the impression that the U.S. would not move to stop an invasion of Kuwait.