Word: antinuclear
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...Government was also in harmony in Geneva, where last week another round of START began. The President agreed to propose a congressional idea to seek a "build-down" in nuclear missiles and warheads. The political impact was evident. The Soviets were thrown on the defensive; the antinuclear protesters were given a moment's pause. The nation for once saw a creative act of foreign policy embraced by both political parties. Good feeling flowed down the streets. But it took a struggle to get such results...
Soviet attempts to woo the international peace movement clearly have been set back?and the antinuclear movement might be damaged by a wave of you-can't-trust-the-Soviets feeling. David Corn, a leader of U.S. antinuclear activists, writing an open letter to Andropov in the New York Times, asserted, "Your edge in the propaganda war of peace was shot down when the Korean jetliner fell from the sky ... A new 'get tough' attitude in the West will hinder our efforts . . . You now have to decide if the Soviet Union really gives a whit about peace...
...dressed in identical T shirts, sticking together. At one point, a small band of Hare Krishnas moved along the sidewalk, oblivious to a Pennsylvania group a few feet away carrying signs advocating peace in Central America. In the shade of an old beech tree near by, a band of antinuclear activists stood in a circle, hands linked, eyes closed, as a middle-aged woman in braids and a long skirt led them in prayer...
...violent rioters, criminalizes all peaceful participants in a demonstration." Jürgen Schmude, party whip for the opposition Social Democratic Party, labeled the proposed legislation "a heavy blow to liberty and the rule of law." Yet few potential demonstrators seemed to be deterred. Declared a parliamentary deputy of the antinuclear Green Party: "We will never be violent, but we will also not fight against those who choose to demonstrate in a violent...
...entitled to the same kind of welcome given his Social Democratic predecessors. For example, Soviet protocol normally dictates that the press suspend all critical references to countries whose leaders are guests in Moscow. But on the day Kohl arrived, the major Soviet television news broadcast included a report on antinuclear demonstrations in Mainz, the Chancellor's home territory. Then there was the mystery surrounding Andropov's failure to receive Kohl on the day of his arrival. Three hours before he was due to leave for Moscow, Kohl was informed that "for personal reasons," Andropov would be unable...