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...suggested to Mr. Shultz, in fact, an exact deal that would lead to the meeting of Mr. President with our general secretary, in the autumn or at the end of the year," Viktor Karpov, the chief Soviet arms control official, said on ABC-TV's "This Week With David Brinkley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: But Soviet Official Optimistic for Reagan-Gorbachev Summit | 4/21/1987 | See Source »

...blessing of neither the Israeli Cabinet nor the Prime Minister. When Shamir heard about the Peres proposal, he warned, "No salvation, and certainly no peace, can result from this." To reporters he snapped, "I hope he won't succeed." Shamir fears the Soviets' involvement would help the Arabs exact territorial concessions from Israel and give Moscow the power to impose its own terms on the Middle East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Sagging Spirits | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

Columbia offers the widest range of room costs. The cheapest room, going for $1980 per year, is a single which is a spokesman at the housing office, who did not know the exact dimensions, describes as "way, way small...

Author: By John P. Stanley, | Title: Be It Ever So Humble, There's No Place... | 4/11/1987 | See Source »

...refer firstly to their statement, "restricting some of [Kent-Brown's] rights is an appropriate method of activism." I am continually amazed at the number of people who list as justification for their methods of protest the exact principle against which they are supposedly protesting. Perhaps the irony of their statement could be illustratred if the dissenters were reminded that the very target of their protest, the government of South Africa, is "restricting some" of the rights of its Black citizens, and that since 1917 the "activists" who took control of the Russian government have been "restricting some...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Proper Protest | 3/27/1987 | See Source »

This year, the exact same thing has happened, as the Golden Gophers slipped past Boston College and the Spartans dumped Maine in last weekend's quarterfinal action, setting up a rematch of last year's NCAA semifinal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minnesota, MSU to Face-Off | 3/26/1987 | See Source »

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