Word: breakthroughs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...agreement, reached after two years of intense negotiations, represents a breakthrough in the development of a "deeper and broader relationship" with Mexico, Carter said...
...thorough review of the Cuban situation yielded new information and a reappraisal. A crucial breakthrough came when a U.S. spy satellite discovered the Soviet troops participating as a unit in maneuvers on Aug. 17. Had the Soviets been merely guard units, there would have been no reason for them to take part in war games. Previously gathered material was now scrutinized again. Suddenly clues that had seemed irrelevant became significant...
Many people still assume that solar energy is something for the future, awaiting technological breakthrough. That assumption represents a great misunderstanding, for active and passive solar heating is a here-and-now alternative to imported...
...entirely by chance that Joe Tynan is Alda's breakthrough role: he wrote the movie himself. He is not yet a polished craftsman; the overambitious screenplay tosses out far more narrative lines than it can possibly pull back...
...breakthrough came after Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere called on Britain to take the lead in proposing a new Rhodesian constitution, calling an all-parties conference and holding new elections under Commonwealth auspices...