Word: joining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very boyish traits that make Platonov so appealing also render him irresponsible: unlike the safe and predictable dullards around him, he has simply never grown up. In the funniest yet most poignant scene, he feverishly debates whether to stay faithful to his wife (Kate Burton) or sneak off to join a handsome widow who has urged a liaison (Kathryn Walker), when who should appear on his doorstep but an old flame (Kim Cattrall), now his best friend's new bride, to whom he impulsively proposed elopement in a stupor after lunch. Doors slam; people hop out from bushes and then...
...Taganka Theater encouraging him to return home. Lyubimov believes the call was officially sanctioned, and is pursuing the overture. And on the day Sakharov's release was announced, Irina Ratushinskaya, a dissident poet who was freed from a labor camp last October, was allowed to travel to London to join her husband. Last week the couple announced plans to remain in the West...
...Petrovsky related, and the request had been considered by the appropriate organizations. As a result, said Petrovsky, Sakharov's wish had been granted and Bonner had been pardoned for "slandering" the Soviet state. He continued, "Academician Sakharov and Mrs. Bonner may return to Moscow, and Academician Sakharov may actively join the scientific life of the Academy of Sciences...
...crisis intensified Europe's growing feeling that it must join together to assert its strategic interests in superpower negotiations. Since the summit at Reykjavik, where the Europeans were horrified to see Reagan come close to abolishing their nuclear umbrella, calls for greater European security cooperation have been increasing. The most powerful statement came two weeks ago, when French Premier Jacques Chirac proposed a new European security agreement to ensure a strong nuclear deterrent on the Continent. In addition, since Reykjavik, European leaders have relied even more on their long-standing system of informal contacts among top aides to help formulate...
...College offered admission to 10 Chicanos, the same number as last year, and to five Puerto Ricans. Five students classified as "other Hispanic" were accepted early, up one from last year's figure of four. While no Native Americans won early acceptance last year, three received an invitation to join the Class...