Word: marker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...host of the conference, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, said that he did not expect a "rapid thaw" in the superpower chill but he could at least foresee "some cautious melting." The Shultz and Gromyko meeting in Stockholm seemed too tentative to serve as a reliable marker on the road back to a warmer U.S.-Soviet climate. But more warmth is wanted...
...more like a movie star than the movie stars, with the exception of Gregory Peck, who still makes one expect Moby Dick to swim in after him. Shirley Temple Black, who visited the White House in 1938 at age ten, still had much of the sparkle of Little Miss Marker. There were Rockefellers and Roosevelts and Boeing Chief T. Wilson and Los Angeles Olympics Wizard Peter Ueberroth...
Despite recent peace feelers by Managua to Washington, most of the pro-Sandinista solidarity groups see little chance that U.S. policy will change. But the Yankees have no intention of going home. Says Witness for Peace Spokesman Dennis Marker: "We are prepared to continue our vigil until the U.S. ends its support of the contras...
While last year's game was so close that Harvard led with no time remaining. Saturday's contest was so lopsided that Penn never threatened Harvard's dominance. The Crimson offense converted third downs apparently at will, crossing the first down marker on its third attempt twice as often as the Penn attack...
...least elegant games of football you'll ever see, and the dog's grab for the orange foam gave the fans one of their few opportunities to cheer an aggressive offensive play. The cheers quickly turned to jeers as a uniformed security officer pursued our hero and retrieved the marker...