Word: broads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...take bold steps to improve relations with China, end the war in Afghanistan or break the deadlock in nuclear arms negotiations, at least not immediately. Decisions within the ruling elite will continue to be made collectively; in the short term, no one man will be able to change the broad outlines of a foreign policy that predates Andropov's accession. Instead, during a time of transition, Moscow will no doubt opt for what is familiar. Explains a British diplomat: "When there is uncertainty in Moscow, the instinctive reaction is one of continuity in policies and actions, with a somewhat harder...
...head of the Soviet security and intelligence empire, Andropov transformed a demoralized organization into a thoroughly professional force capable not only of keeping order at home but of advancing Soviet interests abroad with growing sophistication. In contrast to predecessors who used mass terror to suppress dissent, Andropov employed a broad range of punishments selectively tailored for each nonconformist and effectively crushed the dissident movement, which he once dismissed as a "skillful propaganda invention...
Despite the further splintering of Lebanon, U.S. policymakers still subscribe, at least publicly, to the goals that they have always stated for the country: a broad-based government, a fairer division of national power and the withdrawal of all foreign forces. Honorable objectives, to be sure, but Washington may be realizing that their achievement is beyond its reach. Even Shultz did not sound optimistic. "Well, it's simply got to be possible," he told the House Foreign Affairs Committee last week, "but I can't point to things that suggest any high probability in the future...
...question of what production should appear on the Mainstage is a very broad and difficult one involving consideration of the quality and direction in artistic and production staffs, artistic and production resources currently available, the project itself, plans for use of the physical space, the year's season both at the Loeb and elsewhere on campus, the choices we are given, student opinion, tradition, and more. We struggle with it every time we make our selection. There are no written guidelines on how we are to reach a decision, allowing us a great deal of freedom but also requiring...
...were able to keep the information within ourselves--and avoid the leaks Now we have virtually arrested the drug traffic on Sonoma Street," he adds. According to Wall. as recently as last summer "there were stores. that everyone knew about. where owners were selling drugs across the counter in broad daylight to children. as bold as can be" Such stores have virtually disappeared. he says...