Word: extended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...address these fundamental stumbling blocks is all the more depressing given what should be a fairly propitious atmosphere for an arms control agreement. All signs indicate that the Soviets have not taken lightly the unremitting Reagan arms build-up, and are now especially scared of his proposals to extend the arms race to outer space, where American technological capabilities far outstrip the Soviets'. They now know they have four more years of Reagan and seem prepared to deal...
...House official conceded, however, that it would be pointless for the Administration to send a budget so stripped of popular spending programs that it would be "dead on arrival" on Capitol Hill. He insisted that the final product would be "credible." The big questions were whether the credibility would extend to cutting the defense budget and the big middle-class entitlement programs of Social Security and Medicare...
...operation also involves much more than the theoretical potential of the transplant to extend the baby's life, it also involves presenting a true assessment of the process to the public, says Raphael H. Levey, chief of transplants surgery at BWH. "I'm not glad the operation was tried at this time. Cyclosporin is not the miracle drug it's cracked up to be and it's not good to create hype and give false hope to the public, while seeking undue publicity for an unjustified operation...
CHINA. In the late 1970s the government began allowing peasants to sell excess produce on open markets and pocket the proceeds. Result: sales of agricultural products are up 53.5% since 1978. Last month China unveiled a plan to extend similar capitalist-style reforms to its long-depressed cities. State-owned enterprises will be allowed to keep part of their profits, and managers will have new freedom to set wage levels and hire and fire as they choose. Most important, the prices of many products will be allowed to fluctuate according to supply and demand. Until now, the cost of such...
...Harvard women's volleyball team came all the was back from a two game deficit against the University of Connecticut to extend the Huskies to five games yesterday in the IAN but the Crimson's new found teamwork collapsed in the the final game...