Name That Summit

By DAVID ELLIS/

From the "spirit of Camp David" in 1959 to the ::seasick summit" off Malta last year, pundits have pegged superpower parlaeys with catchy nicknames. Last week's Summit with No Name proved more difficult. Some attempts:

The Twin Peaks Summit. Columnist Mary McGrory wrote that the TV show, "wrapped in mists and mystery," provided the perfect moniker.

The Post-Copernican Summit. In recognition of diminished superpower influence, foreign policy mandarin Madeleine Albright invoked the astronomer who noted that the earth was not the center of the universe.

The Toughlove Summit. Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater used the name to stress that Bush would temper his admiration for Gorbachev's goals with stern talk on Lithuania and Germany.

The Final Summit. The Wall Street Journal has concluded that such mettings are rapidly becoming obsolete as Gorbachev loses his command of events at home.

The Do the Right Thing Summit. Drawing upon its knowledge of hip black symbols, the New Republic says Spike Lee's movie provides the theme: get Gorbachev to give in on key issues.

With reporting by David E. Thigpen