Word: hurts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unlike most fledgling suspense novelists, they whitewashed the sex scenes and played up the humdrum life at the office. But these are no ordinary authors, and the lack of a certain spice has not hurt the book's burgeoning sales. Available in bookstores since April, The Double Man, by Democratic Senator Gary Hart of Colorado and Republican Senator William Cohen of Maine, has been selected as a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate, has hit the Washington Post best-seller list, seems headed for best-seller ranks elsewhere and may even reach the silver screen. The story, which they jointly...
There was disagreement over whether Bitburg had hurt the alliance as a whole. Said one U.S. diplomat: "Not only have we not achieved a symbol of reconciliation, but we've cast doubt on something that everyone had counted on for years as a firm friendship." Others were not so sure about the long-range effects. Said a Kohl aide: "We still need each other." One consequence is almost sure to linger, a politically weakened Kohl. Admitted this official: "There will be some wonder over whether this Chancellor is really such a good crisis manager...
...date for trade negotiations. He voiced varied objections: that the talks had to be carefully prepared; that they ought to be linked to a monetary-reform conference, about which the U.S. is dubious; most of all, that trade talks might hatch a deal on agricultural products that would hurt French farmers...
...raised angry protests. The U.S. also imposed a variety of sanctions against Poland itself in 1982. Some of these remain, such as suspension of most-favored-nation trading status, but others were lifted after Poland granted amnesty to political prisoners; there was also evidence that the Polish people were hurt more than their government by the sanctions...
Harvard was also hurt by the scheduling of the events. Many of the Crimson thinclads who competed in multiple events had little time to catch their breath...