Word: deadlocking
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...modest change of signals came shortly after the Soviet Union rejected a plan first outlined by President Reagan last March in an effort to end the deadlock in the Geneva talks on intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe. The U.S. negotiators asked the Soviets to propose a limit of anywhere from zero to 450 on the number of warheads each side could deploy; in effect, Washington was asking Moscow to trade some of its 360 SS-20 intermediate-range missiles, most of which are targeted on Western Europe, for a reduction in the number of missiles that NATO plans...
...F.D.N. force remains a serious threat that the Sandinistas cannot ignore. Even so there is a growing sense that the F.D.N.'s continuing support from Washington is a double-edged bargain: the contras must show some results in order to secure more aid. Noting the September funds deadlock imposed by Congress, one contra leader said soberly, "From here until August, if we don't succeed, we might as well forget the whole thing...
...slowly but inexorably. The West German government argues that trade restrictions have not influenced Jaruzelski's policies and that, if anything, they could further diminish what little leverage the West had. In Italy, business with Poland goes on as usual. Even U.S. diplomats feel uneasy about the continuing deadlock and have quietly dropped their demand that Solidarity be restored. Said U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz earlier this month: "Everyone is watching the Pope's visit to see if it will have any sense of change that has a lasting component...
...ISSUE OF investment ethics, especially in regard to South Africa, tends to offer the perfect battleground for matters of ethics versus dollars--and this year, the divestiture question showcased a new and constructive way for students to break the deadlock. The Endowment for Divestiture, an imaginative alternative to the Senior Class Gift Fund, has spent the last few months soliciting donations to be held in escrow for 20 years. The money will go to Harvard if and when Harvard divests of stock in companies doing business in South Africa or the United Nations "clears" that nation by rescinding its sanctions...
...nation, moreover, Government by veto loomed as a tedious and unpredictable process. At a time when the public is looking for statesmanship and solutions, its elected officials had set a course that bodes more bickering and deadlock. - By Ed Magnuson...