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...sponsored Geneva talks, to cut off military aid ($630 million in 1987) at the point when the Soviets begin to withdraw. Fearing that the mujahedin may be left exposed to attack by the Soviets, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz declared last month that the Soviet withdrawal must be "front-end loaded," meaning that large numbers of troops must leave early on. Gorbachev appeared to accept that demand last week. But U.S. officials still fear that the Soviets might wait until the last minute to pull out 20,000 men in elite units that do most of the fighting...
...Washington press conference the next day, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz responded with a mixture of tough talk and fresh signs of flexibility. He welcomed Shevardnadze's remarks as "desirable" and added that the initial Soviet withdrawal should be "front-end loaded," meaning that large numbers of the 115,000 Soviet troops in Afghanistan should pull out quickly "so that once it starts, there's a certain inevitability to it." Shultz added a new demand, insisting that all Soviet military aid to Afghanistan cease after the pullout. On a conciliatory note, he reiterated that the U.S. would similarly...
...Hopkins, spokesman for the Colorado Highway Department, said a crew was clearing rock above the roadway and that a front-end loader dislodged a large rock...
...ones Madonna wears in salute to herself for having survived a strict Catholic upbringing -- are selling at concerts at a rate not seen even in the mega-meltdown tours of Michael Jackson and Prince. This is very important, and not just because it brings in money by the front-end loaderful. Fathers new to the bubblegum rock ramble (though they may have hung out at the Stones' concerts only a few years ago) may think that all they have to spring for is a pair of $15 tickets, a couple of $1.50 hot dogs and the parking...
...pitted surface with a sign declaring THIS HIGHWAY is DEAD AND BURIED. A state-commissioned study in Louisiana found the roads so rough that the average driver wastes $97 a year in unnecessary gasoline costs. Illinois motorists pay an average $50 a year in new shock absorbers and front-end alignments necessitated by bumpy roads...