Word: closer
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...side, NATO and Warsaw Pact troops and weaponry would supposedly be equalized by 1996-97 at a level a bit below that now fielded by NATO. Still, Gorbachev essentially only filled in the details on a proposal made by Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze in March, moving closer to NATO's negotiating positions and repackaging them as his own. While he was at it, Gorbachev tossed in a hook. He called for a 55% slash in NATO helicopters and fighter aircraft, an idea the U.S. is certain to oppose strenuously...
Both men have good reason to stay the course. Two weeks before the encounter, representatives of the government and Solidarity had signed an accord that paved the way for the legalization of the previously outlawed trade union and moved the country one step closer to what may become Eastern Europe's first multiparty system. Last week Solidarity backed a preliminary slate of twelve candidates, including a film idol, a schoolteacher and a former political prisoner, to run in the parliamentary elections scheduled for June. If successful, Poland's experiment could set an example to be followed by other reform-minded...
...night of March 23? Out dancing, perhaps, or attending a PTA meeting or just sitting at home watching L.A. Law? If so, you did not realize how close you came to disaster. While you were blissfully unaware of the danger, a huge asteroid whizzed past the earth, coming closer than any other such heavenly body seen in 52 years. If the giant clump of rock -- half a mile across by one estimate -- had hit the planet, it would have packed the wallop of thousands of H-bombs and possibly killed millions of people. If it had come down...
...Closer to home, the CFA has proposed building a $20 million, four-meter telescope in the Southern Hemisphere. "Harvard has been dragging its feet," however, content to rely on the Smithsonian-owned observing facilities, says Geller. The new telescope would cost two-thirds of the center's annual operating budget...
...closer look at the data, however, revealed an underlying weakness. The economy created only 180,000 new jobs in March, down sharply from the 280,000 that were added the previous month. The unemployment rate fell because relatively few new job seekers entered the labor force in March. Among other signs pointing to a softening economy, the report said the construction industry lost 50,000 jobs in March, or about 1% of its work force, as home building slumped because of rising mortgage rates...