Word: breakthrough
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Crocker credits the breakthrough in negotiations to his strategy of linking the competing interests with the comprehensive settlement he has mediated. He believes the antagonists in the regional drama have gradually come to accept his plan as their only way out of an inconclusive struggle. Says Crocker: "You have to create your own wind in the sails...
...state who last month resigned as leader of the resistance coalition, declined to attend the talks but made plans to meet with Kampuchean Prime Minister Hun Sen in Paris in October. While the so-called cocktail party failed to produce immediate results, it was nonetheless considered a psychological breakthrough on the long road to a political solution. The participants did agree to form a working group of officials to continue discussions. Perhaps more important, Kampuchea will be a main topic of Sino- Soviet talks in Beijing this month...
...Khomeini's sentiments were genuine -- and Arab and Western observers generally believed they were -- he had taken a giant step toward ending the conflict. Calling the Iranian decision a "major breakthrough," the U.S. State Department said the move opens the way for a "restoration of stability in a troubled region of the world...
...Latino heartthrob of NBC'S soap opera Santa Barbara. And a few prime-time series, from Chico and the Man through I Married Dora, have featured Hispanic characters and themes. But in contrast to their achievements in the other arts, Hispanics are still waiting for their La Bamba breakthrough...
...lone Latino breakthrough on the networks for next season: Benjamin Bratt, the part-Hispanic actor who starred in Juarez, will play one of the leads in Knightwatch, a new ABC series about a community crime-fighting group. "It's absurd that we don't have one half-hour of Hispanic-themed programming on network television," complains Marin. "We can make stuff as bad as the stuff that's on." Says Rodriguez: "There is no lack of talent in our community, but we are waiting for gringos to toss us a crumb...