Word: mained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are two main theories. The first argues that Brezhnev has been much more upset and angered by the pace of U.S. normalization of relations with Peking than the White House expected-or revealed. As a result, Brezhnev slowed down SALT in order to delay his summit with Carter. According to this argument, the ailing Soviet leader fears that if he visits the U.S. in mid-January, he risks being overshadowed and forgotten in the excitement over the visit of China's Vice Premier Teng Hsiao...
...Russians also returned to the question of the duration of the protocol that is to accompany the main SALT II treaty. This separate document limits technological advances in strategic weaponry. Because technology is one of the few areas in which the U.S. has maintained a significant lead over the U.S.S.R., the Kremlin would like the protocol to last as long as possible. For the same reason, Washington wants to keep it short. While both sides have agreed that the protocol will run for three years, they cannot agree on when the three-year period should begin. The Soviets argue that...
Restaurants and shops seemed unusually empty and unusually loud. We were the only customers in Hong Wah, a seven-table restaurant on Mott Street, Chinatown's main thoroughfare. Outside there were more policemen than civilians; inside, the proprietor, waiters and friends were talking excitedly, presumably about events in the streets, though when questioned our waiter seemed non-committal as to what might occur that afternoon...
SAINT FRANCOIS, Guadeloupe--The crisis in Iran was the main topic of discussion as President Carter, British Prime Minister James Callaghan, French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing and German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt gathered yesterday on the Caribbean island for a two-day summit conference...
...Dean died, follows him through his torment over Dean's death which eventually leads him to leave school and his superficial friends. But on the way Bridges seems to keep insisting that, hey, didn't these people act foolish--he focuses on the superficial actions of the characters. His main character expresses his torment by driving to a river, covering himself with dirt, and holding a seance complete with an Academy Award made of mud. His idiocy is completed when he takes a dog's barking as a sign from Dean. Of course the actions of the Dean cultists were...