Word: actualizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...several orders of magnitude. It was a classic vicious spiral. Neither nation wanted to be on the losing side of an overkill gap. Wildly excessive, not to mention expensive, programs were justified on both sides in the interests of preserving a "balance of terror." Nonetheless, the nightmare of actual war receded somewhat into the subconscious of civilization. Partly because of the scare that Kennedy and Khrushchev had given the world over Cuba, the U.S. and the Soviet Union buckled down to the serious pursuit of agreements that would diminish the chances of nuclear war. With only modest successes and numerous...
Despite the bleak prospects for actual field triumphs, Smith expressed confidence that "the experience the team will get playing against the English teams will be very valuable...
...note in Polk County. Both happen to be the Spring Training bases for major league ballclubs, however, so over the years the Red Sox (Winter Haven) Tigers (Lakeland) Spring series has developed into a rivalry--albeit one of the most laid-back rivalries in the history of sports. Actually, nobody cares who wins except for a few Detroit sportswriters looking for an angle and the actual residents of Polk County, but both teams promise to be interesting this year and if you have time for just one ballgame, this should be it. The action begins in Lakeland on Friday night...
Lewis said many students probably do not pursue these complaints because they are only matters of "sexual tension," not actual sexual harassment. If it is only a matter of sexual tension, "one of the things we try to do is help people deal with this problem they'll be dealing with their entire lives," she added...
...because of the Soviet lead in other categories. I proposed a considerably wider gap in our favor. Brezhnev rejected it at first with the comment: "If I agree to this, this will be my last meeting with Dr. Kissinger because I will be destroyed." But if past practice and actual Soviet conduct were any guide, more realistic figures would soon emerge. It did not happen that way. Instead, negotiations stalemated...