Word: breakthrough
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...significance of all this activity went far beyond the fates of Daniloff and Zakharov, and even beyond the prospect of another chance for Reagan to sit by a fireplace with Gorbachev. The goal that suddenly seemed in sight was a potentially important breakthrough in arms control. Both sides have been quietly inching toward a bargain on the highly charged issue of intermediate- range nuclear forces, one that for the first time would significantly reduce -- rather than just set a ceiling on -- the number of nuclear weapons. At the U.N. last week, Reagan and Shevardnadze raised hopes for a quick agreement...
...Laboratory in Livermore, Calif. His dream was to advance biological and medical research by creating X-ray lasers. Instead, he found himself in what some have called a "bomb shop." In 1979 Hagelstein began working out the computer program that aided in the design of X-ray lasers -- the breakthrough that helped inspire Ronald Reagan to become the chief advocate for the Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars...
...said he would be more optimistic about the potential for a negotiations breakthrough if all goes well in the next six months of talks...
...race against Malthus may be a tight one, but Goldberg said, "The human mind has always found the creativity to make the next breakthrough...
During the stalemated six-year war along their 730-mile border, Iran and Iraq have resorted to attacking tankers plying the waters of the Persian Gulf. Last week Iraqi pilots scored a strategic breakthrough when they struck Sirri Island, a key Iranian oil terminal that was thought to be beyond the reach of Iraq's fighter-bombers...