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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...industry's response was reluctant and myopic, chacterized by stalling techniques, disinformation, and a refusal to pay real attention to damage outside of Prince William Sound," Kelso told the five-member subcommittee of the House Interior Committee...
That withdrawal began last week, when 31 Soviet tanks were loaded onto flatbed cars in Hungary. Among those watching the pullout was Ilona Staller, a member of the Italian Parliament and a porno-movie star. Staller kept her clothes on when she posed with Soviet officers, and released a white dove of peace. Ominously, perhaps, the bird was crushed in the treads of a Soviet tank...
Then the unthinkable happened. So many officials disagreed with Deng's directive to smash the protest that he was forced to rescind it. Some 100 staff members at the People's Daily signed a letter to their bosses challenging the paper's harsh editorial. Within the party, opposition to a crackdown was no less vehement. "The real dissatisfaction of the cadres was made known to Li shortly after the editorial was presented," said a knowledgeable Communist Party member. "They feared that if the leaders suppressed the demonstration and blood was shed, it would be like a big fire that would...
This new phenomenon of science by press conference disturbed many researchers. Said Moshe Gai, a Yale physicist and a member of the Yale- Brookhaven collaboration: "I am dissatisfied and somewhat disappointed with some of my fellow scientists who have done things too much in a hurry." Charles C. Baker, director of fusion research at Argonne National Laboratory, was blunter: "Calling press conferences and making claims of results without having a well-prepared technical report is not the way for a good, professional scientist to function...
...have had to examine our self-reliance. When the U.S. was a fully committed member of ANZUS, we had two days' ammunition and no spare parts. Well, we have had to change that, and it has cost us. We have had to spend money for equipment that otherwise would have been provided by the U.S. on the former paternalistic basis. Our message is that our position on the nuclear question is resolved, and it will continue. We are disposed to be cooperative with great powers and small powers, but we will not do so at the cost of our nuclear...