Word: accords
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...agreement is supposed to protect the continent's delicate environment. All 20 members of the governing group will have to approve the opening of any part of Antarctica to mineral exploration, and a series of applications and approvals will be required before development is even considered. The accord will take effect only after 16 of the 20 sponsors formally approve its terms, a process that will probably extend well into next year. Even so, many environmentalists oppose any thought of disturbing the frigid region. The treaty "is a sellout of the environment to mining interests," charged Kelly Rigg, Antarctica campaign...
...plan was Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega. An earlier meeting in February had included all the nations except Nicaragua, but everyone knew--none better than Arias--that unless Ortega signed on, the accord would have no substance...
...success of the plan depends on how one views it. If seen primarily as an effort to end the civil war in Nicaragua, and to bring peace between the Sandinista government and its neighbors, the accord seems to have been successful...
...President has repeatedly expressed his admiration for Gorbachev's efforts at glasnost and perestroika. He has met with the Soviet premier four times in the last two years and hammered out a verifiable arms control accord which sailed through the Senate with relative ease. The once-fervent anti-communist even scolded hawks and former bedfellows like Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) for their stubborn resistance to any semblance of an arms control treaty. This shows just how far Reagan has come from his we-can't-negotiate-with-communists crusades of a few years...
...last December, the President quoted Emerson: "There is properly no history, only biography." This meant, Reagan explained, "that it is not enough to talk about history as simply forces and factors." In some ways Reagan was right: his personal ideology and stubbornness have led to a nascent strategic-arms accord far more ambitious than anyone would have imagined when he took office. Yet in more fundamental ways, the agreement being shaped is not all that different from a SALT III treaty that a President Walter Mondale might have negotiated with Gorbachev...