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...arms control, the supremely suspicious Soviets have steadfastly refused to permit foreigners to poke around their most sensitive military installations. Although Gorbachev's proposal was deliberately vague, the hint that the Soviets might be willing to lower their guard and allow on-site inspections persuaded Reagan to reconsider his flat refusal to talk about a test ban. Last week the President sent Gorbachev a letter, described by White House aides as "conciliatory," suggesting that experts from the two sides meet to discuss the verification issue...
...should be said flat-out then: Naomi Judd and her daughter Wynonna, 21, are not only good enough to be jealous of, they are good enough to kick a little life into the listless country scene. "Disk jockeys are saying the Judds saved country music," says Naomi, in a slightly incredulous tone. It is at least true that the sweet-flowing harmonies of this mother-and-daughter act have earned them a brace of awards, including a 1985 Grammy, and sprightly record sales and airplay. They have also roped in a wide audience all the way from down-home...
...defense game. In this case it is the INS, or inertial navigation system, whose alignment takes three to ten minutes in planes that fly with conventional navigational rigs, but in the F-20, owing to Honeywell's ring laser gyro, the INS is aligned in 22 seconds flat...
...wife and two children moved out of their apartment a block from the press center and into his sister-in-law's home. "The women did all the business calculations and decided there would be a market for our house," said Arnason, who is renting out their four-bedroom flat for $3,000 for five nights. One woman telephoned a U.S. embassy official and offered her sprawling suburban home for $6,000 a day. He hung up on her. Why so brusque? "Gramm-Rudman," he grumbled...
...curious about what brought this flat-out invitation to meet now," says Reagan. "He's concerned about the summit, I think. He wants to be sure that we have a summit that will produce something...