Word: breakthrough
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...officials say a Euromissile pact would be the most promising result of the Geneva-based superpower arms control talks. But they have cautioned against expecting a breakthrough toward a treaty during the current visit...
...special fast track. Retrovir went from initial clinical testing to final approval in less than 21 months, in contrast to the usual 8.8 years. Last month the agency proposed rules that would allow doctors to use experimental drugs in life-threatening situations. Says Young: "That is a breakthrough. It's a very propatient orientation...
...sitcom contrivances to chronicle the relationship between a detective-story writer and a caterer. And Cannell's 21 Jump Street will spend an hour each week following the exploits of a group of undercover cops on the high school beat. Fox officials admit that much of this is hardly breakthrough material. "Have we reconceived the mousetrap? Do we feel any necessity to do so? No," says Diller. "But we will by definition take more risks...
...verification scheme at the INF talks. Some critics see the strict provisions as a major impediment to quick negotiation or perhaps even the death knell for an INF agreement. Perle shares none of this skepticism. He is confident, he said, that the "U.S. is on the verge of a breakthrough . . . which will for the first time eliminate an entire category of weapons...
...State George Shultz, who visited Seoul last week during a ten-day Far East swing, reportedly received assurances that Chun would seek such a compromise. Said a senior U.S. diplomat: "We believe this is a historic opportunity, and both Chun and the opposition have got to take it." A breakthrough will be difficult to achieve, however, because the country has little tradition of political accommodation...