Word: halt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crossed willy-nilly: ASAT target practice in space may start, the Senate stipulated, but only if the U.S. tries "to negotiate in good faith with the Soviet Union a mutual and verifiable ban on anti-satellite weapons." Says Republican Senator Charles Percy: "This is a unique opportunity to halt a major arms race before it gets off the ground." As progress on other U.S.-Soviet arms-control fronts slows and sputters, that opportunity seems urgent indeed and the consequences of missing it profound. -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by Jerry Hannifin and Christopher Redman/ Washington, with other bureaus
...intermediate-range weapons in Europe-the Kremlin warned that NATO had "destroyed the basis for talks." The Soviets maintained that the stationing of any new U.S. missiles was unacceptable because it would upset the balance that they claimed already existed in Europe. They proposed a freeze: the U.S.S.R. would halt further deployment on its side in exchange for NATO's cancellation of its plans to install a new generation of nuclear weapons in Europe...
This included outlining a proposal to include French and British missiles in intermediate-range nuclear negotiations and to halt the deployment of Pershing II and Cruise missiles in Europe...
...recession, moreover, has done little to halt the flow of many foreign goods into the gulf. Saudi Arabia imported $10.46 billion worth of such products as industrial machinery and farm goods during the second quarter of 1983, a 5% increase over the first quarter. In the United Arab Emirates, imports were 2% higher in the first half of this year than in the same period a year ago. Result: after years of accumulating huge surpluses, some energy-producing states are now sinking into the red. Saudi Arabia is expected to spend some $26 billion more than it takes in from...
Hardened senseless acts of violence make it difficult for some to reconstruct the horrifying shock of Kennedy's assassination. But people remember reacting with a collective, convulsed cry of mourning: meetings were cancelled, courts adjourned and, where no formal recesses were called, work nevertheless ground to a halt...