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Reagan tried to distinguish his proposal from a similar but ill-fated attempt by his predecessor to offer something novel to the Soviets. In March 1977, Jimmy Carter sent Cyrus Vance to Moscow with an ambitious scheme to redirect the SALT talks by asking the Soviets to make deep cuts in their existing arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Like Reagan, Carter had outlined his proposals in public before submitting them formally to the Soviets. Also like Reagan, Carter hoped that the Soviets could be persuaded to dismantle existing weaponry in exchange for U.S. promises not to deploy a planned system...
...nudges of the handful of insiders who have a real fix on what's happening. You have to watch not only the noses, but those who are counting the noses." Adds Correspondent Evan Thomas, who helped cover last week's climactic Senate debate: "You sometimes have to distinguish between what you see and hear and what is really going on. The tension was palpable as the roll was called, but the issues had long since been argued, and most of the deals struck, in less public surroundings." Correspondent Johanna McGeary, who has been covering the AWACS story...
...Harvard-affiliated doctors accuse the test makers of implying in technical publications and literature for students that test preparation has less of an impact on scores than studies have shown. Moreover, Slack and Porter argue, ETS has only recently begun to distinguish between short-term "coaching," which it calls ineffective, and long-term "intensive training," which it now concedes can raise scores. Before making this distinction, Slack and Porter say, ETS misled students into thinking that even a school year's worth of special preparation would not affect math or verbal aptitude as measured by the SAT. Cameron...
...melting pot might rest as the most endearing of America's legends to its people, but only the most skilled raconteur of folklore could possibly weave the country's many pasts into a common present. The vestiges of a divided history appear all around us: ethnic differences often distinguish rioting, mob violence, and political lobbying as they do styles of eating and dressing. Yet, the vast divergence in living standards afflicting the country remains as the most constant reminder of our schizophrenic heritage. A visit to Roxbury or South Boston will show which ethnic group did not come over...
...third dramatic level. Look at it this way: the viewer is in the screening room of Mike's fevered imagination. This is Mike playing Charles, and Anna playing Sarah. But the film has followed Mike's obsession to the point where he can no longer distinguish between the two. Mike has become not only the on-screen lover, but the off-screen lover and the film maker as well, and this French Lieutenant's Woman is the film he would have made...