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...There Any More Real Cowboys," the duet with Nelson, marks the biggest wasted opportunity since the parents of the sexpot next door went on vacation and you caught the flu. After a klunky key change halfway through, Neil and Willie join in alleged unison, and their quavery, out-of-pitch voices--so endearing separately--make as attractive a combination as fingernail and blackboard...
Trailing 10-1 at the halfway mark of Sunday's contest with Bucknell, the Crimson had a resurgence of sorts. Harvard scored a respectable five goals to the Bucknell's seven--producing a final score...
...fifth Grand Challenge Cup triumph of all time was never in doubt after the national champion Crimson crew gained a length lead less than halfway through the one-mile, 50-yard course on the River Thames...
That is indeed why we agreed to hold the forthcoming summit meeting in the first place. We did so because we felt that we could do a lot by trying to meet each other halfway. That, again, is why we have reacted so sharply to some of the statements being made these days in connection with the summit. So we see that there are some who want to generate a situation to persuade the U.S. and the American public that, as (Columnist) Mary McGrory put it, even if the only thing to come out of the summit was an agreement...
What Gorbachev says on arms control (and he says a great deal) is markedly milder than the rest of the interview, and it is potentially encouraging. He talks of wanting to meet the U.S. "halfway"; he speaks of the linkage between offense and defense; he reiterates a willingness to cut Soviet offensive forces. Most significant, he is considerably more flexible on the issue of defensive research than his negotiators have been at the talks in Geneva. They have repeatedly demanded a total ban on all such research. Gorbachev, by contrast, says the U.S.S.R. might be willing to permit "fundamental" research...