Word: mutually
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stood there. He just stood there. He would not sit down next to the black. Two adult males, living in the most highly industrialized, most technologically advanced nation in the world, a nation that had devastated two other industrial giants in World War II, faced each other in mutual rage and hostility. The white one wanted to sit down, but he was going to exert his authority and force the black one to get up first-so that they would not have to sit side by side. I watched the driver's face in the rearview mirror...
...with Colombo requires using interpreters, something Reagan has rarely done. Colombo delivers an ornate statement about the robust history of Italian-American relations. Reagan pauses, uncertain whether to address Colombo or one of the two translators, and starts his reply: "Well, I appreciate that very much. The feeling is mutual...
Exacerbating restraint. A Pushmi-Pullyu, as in expressing the hope that the Soviets would do nothing "to exacerbate the kind of mutual restraint that both sides should pursue...
...peace process. Noting that a Palestinian entity would pose "no threat to the security of Israel" because it would be too preoccupied "with the task of reconstruction and building bridges with other nations," he urged the Europeans to help persuade both Israel and the Palestinians to work toward "mutual recognition." He also invited the Europeans to consider "security guarantees" for an eventual settlement; one possibility that the Europeans themselves have discussed is the dispatch of peacekeeping troops...
...sophisticated qualities necessary for the prudent exercise of power and intelligent management of international relations-notably moral authority, self-confidence, respect for the rule of law, and political finesse-are stunted in the Soviet system and psychology. The present downward spiral of mutual mistrust and recrimination will clearly not lead to an inevitable nuclear apocalypse, but it can do a lot of damage just the same. It increases the difficulties and dangers involved in virtually every other international problem the U.S. faces. It thus follows that after a suitable interval the U.S. should take the initiative in statesmanship with...