Word: gist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Andropov's Oct. 26 ultimatum, Negotiator Kvitsinsky and his wife were attending a dinner party at Nitze's Geneva apartment. As the meal ended, Kvitsinsky privately told Nitze that he had just learned of the ultimatum, and he noted that Andropov had also made a new bargaining offer. The gist of it was that the U.S.S.R. was prepared to reduce the number of SS-20s targeted on Western Europe from 243 to "about 140," down from a previous offer of 162, if NATO would cancel its plans for new missiles altogether. In addition, the Soviets would stop adding to their...
...most eminent epidemiologists, who had been chosen by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to evaluate last year's nationwide tests of the Salk vaccine. For an hour and a half, Dr. Francis read his report in an even, matter-of-fact tone. The gist...
...another record high. The short-lived sell-off was sparked by Barton Biggs, 50, chief portfolio strategist for Morgan Stanley & Co., the Manhattan investment banking firm that handles $7 billion in investments for clients, including about $5 billion from Kuwait. During a routine Monday-morning planning session, the gist of which was flashed to Morgan's clients, Biggs said he was becoming a little wary about the market. "I am inclined to be considerably more cautious about fresh buying," says Biggs...
This was the gist of Andropov's proposal last December when he suggested that the NATO-Soviet balance of INF missiles consist of 162. British and French missiles (with no American missiles) and 162 Soviet SS-20 missiles. Andropov added that the Soviets were entitled to match future British French INF deployments with equivalent Soviet INF deployments. He also noted that the Soviet Union would insist on a balance of nuclear-capable aircraft against NATO aircraft (British, French and American as well) Last week, Andropov specifically proposed a numerical balance between the number of warheads of British French INF missiles...
...Production Company B sells it to Corporate Promoter C for $250,000. But C pays only $2,500 in cash, the rest in a twelve-year "recourse note," then leases the master record for seven years to various investors for $16,000 each, and . . . have you lost track? The gist of it is that all these investors in the inflated property can pay their share largely with loans, which are later forgotten, and then the total investment can be deducted from the investors' income. The IRS has so far found 5,200 returns that used this ploy during...