Word: note
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...private. Their winks and nods, euphemisms and disclaimers can be translated into one stark sentence that summarizes the only truly strategic thought the U.S. Government has about the 21st century: a Germany "anchored" in NATO is less likely to cause trouble than one that is neutral and nonaligned. Note the verb, with its metaphorical suggestion not only of safety from rough seas but also of a heavy chain and benevolent captivity...
Late in the evening of May 6 -- the day before Baker left for Moscow -- a breakthrough occurred. Gorbachev finally responded to Bush's letter. "We note the positive trends in Central America," Gorbachev wrote, "including the intention of your Administration and the U.S. Congress to 'give diplomacy a chance.' I agree that productive Soviet-U.S. engagement on regional questions will lead to a growing potential of goodwill in Soviet-U.S. relations." Gorbachev, it appeared, had bought the linkage. Then the Soviet leader added something of even greater importance: "In order to promote a peaceful settlement of the conflict...
...with a packet of evidence. Shevardnadze's Oct. 30 reply infuriated Baker. The minister rambled on about the contras and dismissed Washington's evidence as providing "no grounds for accusing the Sandinista leadership of violating its commitment to end assistance to rebel movements." To Dubinin, who delivered the Shevardnadze note, Baker said "This is the same old stuff." What is more, the Secretary continued, it represents "old thinking . . . The Sandinistas are tooling you around badly . . . It is hard for me to believe Minister Shevardnadze wrote this letter. I hope that someone else did." Dubinin handed over the Russian original...
Young Tim went to Regis, a Jesuit high school that admitted only the brightest kids. As he remembers it, "One night in June they called a meeting of all new boys and their parents. The principal got up and said, 'Note that I start at 8 o'clock, not one minute before or one minute after. At Regis we do things on time.' Well, my father said, loud enough to be heard ten rows in front and ten rows behind, 'Aw, s---!' I thought, that's it! I'm finished. They'll have my ass out of here...
...vote. He and his fellow advocates, including his brother Cesare and the business consortium, argue that the fair would transform Venice into the "new capital of Mitteleuropa," a center of communications and research. Half the local population has abandoned the city in the past 40 years, they note, leaving behind a hollow tourist playground built on a crumbling, honeycombed island. Without such an ambitious development plan, De Michelis claims, "Venice will become a Disneyland made for tourists only." He charges that opponents are unrealistic -- more concerned with saving churches than creating jobs. "They campaign against the death of Venice...