Word: extended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nearly three hours, Reagan and De la Madrid stepped onto the South Lawn of the White House eager to stress the positive. Applauding the "determined and valiant effort" of the Mexican government and people to reverse their economic misfortunes, Reagan said the "Government of the U.S. is ready to extend a hand whenever and wherever it is necessary." In response, an unusually relaxed De la Madrid extolled "an extraordinary effort to better the atmosphere of our relations." As a small symbol of their neighborly feelings, Reagan and De la Madrid announced the settlement of a six-year-old dispute over...
Since colonial times the commerce and transport of South Africa and its black neighbors have been closely interwoven. In fact, as Pik Botha was quick to emphasize, even while Mugabe was speaking out against Pretoria at the London meeting, Zimbabwe was negotiating to extend its existing trade agreement with South Africa. Over the long term the black states can reduce their dependence on the South African ports of Durban and Port Elizabeth by developing alternative trade routes, like the existing but inadequate highway and rail line between Zambia and the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam. Zimbabwe will begin...
...need proof that Harvard's influence and reputation really does extend beyond the reaches of your wildest imagination, take the ferry to Martha's Vineyard this weekend (if you didn't make your automobile reservation in February, you'll have to go standby, but if you don't mind waiting until about 2 a.m., you'll get there). When you get off in Vineyard Haven, drive in the direction of Gay Head--up Island--until you get to Chilmark. Don't stop to look for a town, because there isn't one to look for. Just off the main road...
...incentives for undersea exploration extend beyond the historical and archaeological benefits. High-tech fortune hunters are locating sunken treasure ships and recovering their precious cargo. New remote-controlled vehicles are prowling the ocean depths, some dropping listening devices and scouting out potential hiding places for missile-firing submarines. Others are seeking mineral deposits and clues to the movement of the earth's tectonic plates, and charting the two-thirds of the earth's surface that until recently has been largely inaccessible...
...violations of the existing international embargo on the sale of arms to South Africa. If evasions of the ban continued, U.S. military assistance to the offending nations could be stopped in twelve months. If there was no progress on dismantling apartheid in a year, the U.S. could extend its trade embargo to such South African exports as diamonds, steel, food and textiles...