Word: closers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interest, notably over Afghanistan and Kampuchea, will limit any new Sino-Soviet friendship. Says a U.S. analyst: "We don't really see these two agreeing on anything very significant. But we sure don't want them to, either." Even if the Soviets and the Chinese move closer, there will be plenty of warning. "The U.S. does not have to panic or go courting cravenly," says a U.S. diplomat. "We expect no dramatic changes. And those who are apprehensive should realize this will proceed slowly, and not necessarily inimically to U.S. interests...
...recent months, as continuing cuts in federal grants have intensified efforts to forge closer links between industry and universities, a group of Harvard officials have begun trying to tackle the many questions of technology transfer. "Their discussion will likely produce--by the end of the current academic year--the first set of formal guidelines for industrial sponsored research at Harvard, settling several issues that until now have been a recurring source of controversy...
Federal agents apprehended a major fugitive last week in connection with the Tylenol-tampering case that claimed seven lives in the Chicago area in September and October, but seemed no closer to finding the actual killer or killers...
...views the Politburo as "a group of troubled men-elderly men, for the most part-whose choices and possibilities are severely constrained." They are driven by a paranoid, secretive and conspiratorial view of the world rather than by a master plan for its domination. He urges more and closer analysis of Soviet objectives and less preoccupation with Soviet capabilities. Despite the vast numbers of tanks and missiles in the Warsaw Pact, Kennan argues, the U.S.S.R. has "no intention" of attacking the countries of Western Europe precisely because doing so would almost certainly trigger World War III and catastrophic destruction...
...neutralized, if not very satisfactorily, Arafat is addressing himself to another challenge: rebuilding the P.L.O. as a political force. At the recent meeting of the Central Council, he defended his support of the Arab peace plan adopted at Fez, Morocco, in September, as well as his plans for closer relations with Jordan. He is well aware of the rising political power of the West Bank Palestinians, a constituency that is fundamentally at odds with the old-line radicals of the P.L.O. Says a Western diplomat in Damascus: "Arafat has always survived as a great mediator of the P.L.O...