Word: byrds
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Gorbachev continued his propaganda blitz with some carrot-and-stick diplomacy. He dangled the carrot in front of eight American Senators, led by West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, who called on him in the Kremlin. Gorbachev, said Byrd, promised that if the U.S. "would agree to prohibit the militarization of space," in other words call a halt to Star Wars, Moscow would "put on the negotiating table . . . the very next day" a set of the "most radical proposals" to reduce offensive nuclear weapons...
...TIME interview, he drew a distinction between "fundamental" or laboratory research into Star Wars weaponry, which he conceded "will continue" because there would be no way to verify a halt, and the building of "models or mock-ups or test samples," which could be stopped by a verifiable agreement. Byrd found this a welcome contrast to the previous "stonewalling" of Soviet negotiators, who had insisted that SDI research of any kind must cease as the prelude to an arms-control deal. It could point toward the kind of trade suggested by such American conservatives as former President Richard Nixon...
President Bok joined 19 other college and university presidents in urging the U.S. Senate to enact legislation that would impose strong sanctions on the South African government. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.) and Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd (D-W. Va.), the presidents wrote that the U.S. must punish South Africa for its refusal to dismantle its apartheid system by "sending an unequivocal message through the imposition of official sanctions...
President Bok joined 19 other college and university presidents in urging the U.S. Senate to enact legislation that would impose strong sanctions on the South African government. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.) and Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd (D-W. Va.), the presidents wrote that the U.S. must punish South Africa for its refusal to dismantle its apartheid system by "sending an unequivocal message through the imposition of official sanctions...
...ruled Senate quickly followed suit, 67-32, but only after Democratic Leader Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) wrung public assurances from GOP Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.) that President Reagan supports the plan and "will not criticize these who vote...