Word: propaganda
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...candidates for the Republican presidential nomination oppose the treaty, under which the Soviets will dismantle three times as many warheads as the West. That's not good enough. The most conservative president of this century, it turns out, is no more than a "useful idiot for Kremlin propaganda," according to the head of the Conservative Caucus, one of the president's earliest and (until now) most ardent supporters...
...muted furor served Ortega's purposes well. In coming to Washington, his first such visit since 1979, Ortega aimed to promote Nicaragua's peace gestures, pressure Reagan to take steps toward talks and paint the contras as "sons of Reagan." The propaganda strategy was effective. While Ortega actually achieved little beyond handing Obando a cease-fire proposal, which he could have done in Managua, he received considerable attention. The final masterstroke: a tour of the Lincoln and Viet Nam War memorials...
Given the bad feelings between Reagan and Ortega, easy concessions are not expected. "These people are in a war of propaganda," says a Honduran , official. "Neither side wants to be the one to give in." Still, the debate over bilateral or multilateral talks is more than mere posturing. The Sandinistas, who know that renewed bilateral talks will lend their regime prestige, argue that until the U.S. forthrightly announces its support for the Guatemala plan, it is not entitled to participate in regional negotiations. "Why should we let Reagan take part?" asks Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann...
Lorenzo dismisses such worries as ridiculous. "Continental is the safest airline in the sky," he asserts. "Nothing has a higher priority." He attributes much of the grousing to propaganda emanating from the Air Line Pilots Association as it tries to reorganize Continental's 3,500 pilots. So far, ALPA claims, 35% of the line's pilots have shown interest in joining up. An election could be held next year...
...commander's separation from his troops. This trend reached its culmination in World War I, when the "chateau generals" on both sides lived in comfortable villas far from the trenches and ordered futile new offensives until the troops were near mutiny. In World War II, while Hitler relied on propaganda about his war record, Eisenhower made a great point of being seen among his G.I.s and talking with them about their mission...