Word: apartness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shultz described the Dobrynin talks as "very substantive and constructive." His aides felt the Soviet visitor had taken the right steps toward restoring some of the momentum that has been lost since Geneva. On the other hand, U.S. officials regard the present diplomatic process as fragile. Apart from the question of whether progress on vital issues is really possible, there is the fact that the U.S. must decide shortly on whether to continue to abide by the restraints on nuclear arsenals imposed by the unratified SALT II agreement. A new Trident submarine, equipped with 24 ballistic missiles, is scheduled...
...walkin'- around sense." They don't much care what the book says or how Detroit would do it. But homemade fixes abound. A visitor to the pits may notice a mechanic sprinkling baby powder on a manifold gasket to keep it from sticking next time the engine is taken apart. The makeshift caps some crews use to keep debris out of the headers may also look familiar: they're soda cans sawed in half. Finally, a newcomer will be appalled to see Garlits flip a lighted match into a pool of alcohol under his new dragster. It's a makeshift...
...Laborites also are attempting to tear apart the coalition. Party leaders pressured Peres to use the Herut convention crisis as a pretext to dismantle the unity government and hold early elections. They have even initiated negotiations with small party leaders to test out their chances for a coalition without Likud...
...mostly symbol and little substance. He succeeded. After growling that there would be no point to a summit if the U.S. remained adamant on SDI, Gorbachev came anyway and acted amiable. Crows one Reagan adviser: "We gave up almost nothing at Geneva and the world did not come apart. That was an important confidence builder. Gorbachev began to appear less formidable, like his bark was worse than his bite...
...savage beast. It's green and rough, like the bark of a tree." Starving, Velasco manages to capture a small gull: "It's easy to say that after five days of hunger you can eat anything." He cannot stomach the sight of the dead, bleeding bird, torn apart by his own hands. He experiences alternating highs and lows, sometimes throbbing with the will to survive, then praying for an end to his punishment. His "days of solitude" convince him "that it would be harder for me to die than to go on living...