Word: hammering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...speech before a Kremlin political gathering, said Soviet troops could be withdrawn from Afghanistan if the U.S. and other offending countries offered "guarantees" that all "external aggression" would be halted.* An even more conciliatory overture appeared to come from a meeting between Brezhnev and Occidental Petroleum Corp. Chairman Armand Hammer...
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev is "in wonderful condition. He seemed in full of of himself, with a twinkle in his eye, a good sense of humor, but very forceful and positive." That is the report of Armand Hammer, the New York City-born, Russian-speaking chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corp., who spent nearly two hours chatting with the Soviet leader last week. Ham mer, who has met Brehznev many times, went to Moscow after learning that Occidental's phosphate sales to the U.S.S.R. might be embargoed by Washington. Said he: "I wanted to ask [the Soviets] not to retaliate...
...gist of Brezhnev's message, says Hammer, was this: "If the Russians had guarantees that the U.S. and neighboring countries would exert their influence to see that there was no interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan, and above all, if the U.S. would assure that the arms it is sending to Pakistan would be used only for defensive purposes, then the Soviet troops would be withdrawn." Most of the time Brezhnev read from a prepared text, but he broke off from time to time for more candid remarks. Said Hammer: "He felt that the accusations that the Soviets...
Bernstein's score moves with envious ease from the melodic lyricism of Tonight and Maria to the trip-hammer tempo of menace that animates The Rumble. As for Sondheim's lyrics, what can anyone say that he can't say better...
After the Eagles Paul Hammer scored at 14:20, Northeastern trailed...