Word: kept
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...considered on-campus housing. Officially, only men were allowed to live there, although at least one woman would climb the fire escape every night to visit her boyfriend. In keeping with the policy of the rest of the college, coats and ties were required at dinner. "We kept a rack of tattered coats and ties by the door," said Jonathan G. Dickinson '65-'67, "and people would just fling on a coat and [loop on] a tie on their way to dinner...
...Soviets were moving toward meeting that standard. They also agreed in principle to subceilings, which would limit the number of warheads that could be kept on each "leg" of the strategic triad -- ICBMs, submarine- launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and intercontinental bombers. The U.S. wanted what it called "preferential" subceilings, which mandated deep cuts in ICBMs, where the Soviets had piled up most of their firepower, while all but leaving alone SLBMs and bombers, two areas of American advantage. "That's not fair, and you know it," said Karpov. "If there are to be subceilings, they'll apply equally...
...freeing the French captives. In addition, the agreement allegedly called for France to repay as much as $1 billion on an outstanding loan made by Iran. While refusing to confirm the secret details of his predecessor's deal with Tehran, Rocard declared, "France gave its word. It will be kept...
...amuse yourself with the mythology. Once, history tells us, entire societies were organized around warrior cults. The leaders were austere fellows like John Rambo, who kept to themselves, refusing to acknowledge pain or break training. They must have indulged in such mundane activities as sleep, sex and food, but never in front of the peasants...
Others have been still less fortunate. For a year, Helms blocked the nomination of Richard N. Viets, a career foreign-service officer and former envoy to Jordan, as Ambassador to Portugal. Helms kept up questions about his personal finances until the nomination was withdrawn and Viets retired. "What we have here is a McCarthy of the '80s," says Viets. "You recognize you're in a cage with a viper." Helms bristles at the comparison with Joe McCarthy. "I think he was on to something," says he, "but he was careless with the facts...