Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pipeline containing liquefied petroleum gas exploded at 1:14 a.m. as the trains passed each other on opposite tracks between the towns of Ufa and Asha, 745 miles southeast of Moscow, Tass said. The news agency said gas seeped from the conduit and caught fire, but it was not clear what caused the leak...
...wish we'd drop the notion of propaganda war. It's clear that President Gorbachev has a greater sense of drama than does Secretary Baker. He also has more ideas. It's a pity that we have not analyzed their substance and tested his sincerity earlier. I'm glad that the Administration is finally taking seriously the latest Soviet proposal for sweeping reductions of their conventional forces in Europe. The truth of the matter is that for the same economic reasons as the Soviets, we too need disarmament. Eisenhower was right to say the problem of defense...
...students are doing it in China. So I don't see what's holding Bush back, except that over the past 40 years the U.S. has, narrowly speaking, profited from a divided and armed Europe. It has given us a lot of political and military leverage. It is clear that if Europe is disarmed and united, we will lose that leverage. But the benefits of a united and disarmed Europe are so enormous that it just shows an incredible poverty of politics not to give up this leverage for something that would be better for the whole world...
...Thursday, Tiananmen Square contained hardly any more people than it would on a pleasant Sunday afternoon. The difference was that the 20,000 to 30,000 students still there were camped out on tarps covered by makeshift tents of clear plastic or by clusters of umbrellas, which made it look like a beach outing in places. But living on the square's paving stones was no day at the beach. Downwind, the aroma of urine was overwhelming...
...background is a badge of honor, officers are mostly urbanites, educated at one of the army's 25 technical academies. Their pay has not kept up with China's inflationary pace. A major earns about 250 yuan a month (roughly $67), while a hard-working Shanghai taxi driver can clear 2,000 yuan ($537). Such perks as free housing and food allowances, however, compensate somewhat for the income differential. Deng, moreover, has worked to maintain ties with the leadership by insisting on faster promotions based on skill rather than seniority. Nonetheless, promotion to the top ranks, particularly the political commissars...