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...make a "serious" counterproposal to the U.S. zero-option plan, he said, "is a source of deep disappointment to all of us who have wished that these weapons might be eliminated ... But I do not intend to let this shadow that has been cast over the Geneva negotiations further darken our search for peace ... If the Soviets will not now agree to the total elimination of these weapons, I hope that they will at least join us in an interim agreement." In Los Angeles the next day, Reagan pledged that "my goal-and I consider it a sacred trust-will...
This is a radiant, loving and zestfully humorous play about subjects that darken the mind with icy forebodings. It concerns growing old and getting senile, leaving a spacious ancestral home and entering the anteroom of death...
There were other similarities. As in Stalin's last years, Kremlin iconographers labored to hide the ravages of age and disease. His portraits were meticulously airbrushed to darken his gray hair, to erase his wrinkles, to sharpen his jawline. Sound engineers who monitored his broadcasts used electronic magic to mask his slurred speech, possibly the result of a stroke. The disguises fell through when Brezhnev was placed in the harsh glare of cameras that could not be controlled by party discipline. At his meeting with President Carter in Vienna in June 1979, he stumbled and nearly fell while descending...
White House officials concede that continuing high unemployment (9.8% last month) could darken the rosy Republican hopes. Across the country, political pros of both parties, when asked about the decisive issues in their area, respond with one word: jobs. Some analysts say that if unemployment rises to 10%, the symbolic impact alone might turn ten more House seats over to the Democrats. On the other hand, one of the complexities of this election is the degree to which those hurt by the recession have accepted Reagan's course as painful but necessary. "We don't know what this...
Freshman jenny Stricker was the brightest spot in the Crimson's afternoon, taking the 1500 and 3000 distances in record smashing times. In the talent-packed 1500, Stricker held off Yale contender Debbie Schulte to finish first at 4:25,70, three seconds better than junior Darken Beckford's year-old mark. Harvard senior Co-Captain Mary Hershey initially took the lead in the 1500 but finished fourth, behind Schulte and teammate Kate Wiley, who took third...