Word: derailed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Force base at Greenham Common, 50 miles west of London, that has been designated as a site for cruise missiles. There to record the scuffles between demonstrators and police was a Soviet television crew. Said a senior U.S. State Department official: "They are hoping that popular opposition will derail the INF talks, so they can get zero from the American side for free...
...making the Soviets feel more vulnerable, the MX could derail arms control
...Crimson Aquamen failed to derail Brown on its path to an eighth straight regional title, but staved off a spirited challenge by MIT to take the second of two New England seeds in next weekend's Eastern Championship in Indianapolis...
Even if the Silverman report clears Donovan, questions surrounding the case are not likely to disappear quickly. The issue is no longer whether Donovan is qualified to serve in Reagan's Cabinet, but whether the White House tried to derail the FBI'S investigation of Donovan's fitness for office. The bureau narrowed its inquiry, but on what authority? During the Reagan transition, Fielding and Meese were responsible for reviewing the FBI background checks on all nominees. Fielding has now been instructed by White House Chief of Staff James Baker to prepare a report of his office...
...court date in October and the one succeeding it could derail Harvard's cogeneration train. But even the opposition is readying itself for what some among them say is the inevitable opening of MATEP less than a year from now. If--and it appears to be when--the diesels start operating, the train will head on a new, uncertain and perhaps equally dangerous course. One resident of Brookline promises "a continued battle until they show they're concerned about this area. Unless they want this to go on forever, they have to show us they really care...