Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More important, perhaps, the new treaty establishes a psychological climate for better relations between Moscow and Washington. That, in any case, is the view of the Administration and its supporters, but they now face a great national debate and a fierce battle in the Senate for ratification. The fight will be fierce because SALT'S opponents, who believe the treaty concedes a perilous degree of Soviet superiority, are determined and well organized. They number almost one-quarter of the Senate, and need only one-third to block ratification and inflict a disastrous defeat on Carter's presidency...
There's another matter that bothers me, and I don't know the answer to it. I'd hoped we could find a way of involving the Congress more in the negotiating process so that they would have a better understanding of what was going on and what we were trying to achieve. I really don't think it's worked out as satisfactorily as it might have. We just have to find a way to resolve this issue of dealing with Congress in the future, because it's in everybody's interest...
Through early-morning hints of sunlight, the Harvard fortunes had proceeded well enough. All six boats had qualified for the finals, five of the six winning their heats. The super-psyched varsity lights had posted a time six seconds better than any other crew on the course that morning. It was nothing unexpected, but at least it wasn't disappointing...
...really was pumped for it," Roberts said yesterday. "I'd been sitting on the sidelines for a while, and this was the shot. Winning it was even better than getting into medical school...
From the outset, though, we have to get a little conflict of interest out of the way. Bill Roberts is my roommate. For the better part of four years the two of us have watched from the sidelines as three other roommates, captain Kevin Shaw, two-man Andy Chaikovsky, and reserve Dick Arnos, have shared the Harvard tennis spotlight...