Word: breakthrough
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...condemning the South African practice of racial apartheid. As departmental officials noted, Secretary of State George Shultz in a September speech called for a "universal franchise for all adult South Africans," which by implication assumes eventual black rule. But Perkins' article was nonetheless viewed by some observers as a breakthrough, if only in his reference to the word majority, a term usually shunned in deference to white fears of one day being overwhelmed by blacks. Said the Rev. Allan Boesak, a leading opponent of apartheid: "No one in his position has said that for years." On the other hand, Pretoria...
...chief Sovietologist on the staff of the National Security Council, Jack Matlock (who is now U.S. Ambassador to Moscow), favored the zero option but cautioned against euphoria. Gorbachev's latest tactic, he told colleagues, "might be a breakthrough in the negotiations, but it would also achieve & the elimination of American INF missiles in Europe...
There is even some talk that Reagan and Gorbachev may sign a START treaty at a 1988 summit in Moscow. That, however, would require a breakthrough during next week's talks that Reagan aides make clear they do not expect. One senior official predicts only that the "two leaders can make some progress" on the issue of sub-limits for specific types of long-range weapons. He adds a very modest hope that "they should be able to start understanding the nature of the verification problem," which would be much tougher to deal with in a START agreement designed...
...project announced Thursday has been hailed by academics as a breakthrough in CIA-university relations because the agency has agreed to abandon its usual contract terms and meet Harvard's strict guidelines on keeping research independent of sponsor control. Yet the comments made yesterday by K-School Academic Dean Albert Carnesale indicate that there is concern that the work of the $1.2 million dollar project be kept clear of all agency influence...
...under the Gramm-Rudman law. The committee began the week with optimism all around, based on a plan proposed by House Minority Leader Robert Michel of Illinois that would cut the deficit by $30 billion in fiscal 1988 and $45.5 billion in 1989. Michel's proposal was considered a breakthrough because it managed to elicit at least tentative support from the President, even though it contained the tax increases ($8 billion in 1988) that might satisfy congressional Democrats...