Word: ga
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pointlessness of wasting the SALT II treaty--signed in 1979 after five years of negotiation but never ratified by the U.S. Senate--is becoming increasingly apparent, even to such former detractors of the treaty as Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.). "START really means we've given up on SALT." Reagan said on Sunday, stating at one point. "Agreements that provide only the appearance of arms control breed dangerous illusions." In that he is quite right, as to a large extent the first two SALT treaties merely "choreographed" the continuing arms race...
...Crimson will be heading down to Athens, Ga., tomorrow to prepare for its opening match in the NCAAs against top ranked UCLA. but the netmen didn't let that stop them from plying their usual efficient, if unspectacular, brand of tennis...
...there and really meant something. It was a political statement that asked people to stand up and vote with their feet. You caught the infectiousness of the 52's "Rock Lobster" and moved in ways you never dreamed of You did the Shy Tuna, the Camel Walk, the Shu-ga-loo and many more inane dances...
...really only the latest in a long series of "outsider" aspirants for executive positions: Wendell Wilkie and Dwight D. Eisenhower both sought the top job with no civilian government experience on their resumes. George Romney (R-Mich.). Milton Schapp (D-Pa.), John Y. Brown (D-Ky.). Lester Maddox (D-Ga.). and most prominently Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY.) all led their states without having led a previous major political office...
...sudden plunge back into the ice age sent statisticians to the record books. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures for April plummeted to new lows in seven U.S. cities, including 6°F in Flint, Mich., and 26° in Augusta, Ga., where torrential rains interrupted the first round of the Masters golf tournament. In Virginia, turbulent winds fanned a fire that destroyed the outdoor performing-arts center at Wolf Trap Farm National Park. In Detroit, a 6-in. snowfall brought the winter's total to 73 in.-the most for the motor city in more than...