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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This play-within-a-play method is older than Shakepeare, who used it frequently to shed some light on what he wanted us to get out of his works. Yet Shakespeare's internal plays are never exact replicas of the outside play. We have to find the similarities and work to learn the lessons. But in Romantic Comedy, there is no effort required to see the similarities. As you might expect, the lessons to be learned aren't really rewarding: as they say, no pain, no gain...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: Plays Within Plays | 3/15/1986 | See Source »

...written statement issued by the White House, Reagan said he gave Gorbachev a technical description of a new method of detecting and measuring underground nuclear tests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Proposes Nuclear Testing Policy | 3/15/1986 | See Source »

Reagan said the method, which he called CORRTEX, would enable both superpowers "to improve verification and ensure compliance" with the never-ratified 1974 Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty that was signed two years later...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Proposes Nuclear Testing Policy | 3/15/1986 | See Source »

...provided to Mr. Gorbachev a technical description of CORRTEX designed to demonstrate how this method will enhance verification procedures," Reagan said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Proposes Nuclear Testing Policy | 3/15/1986 | See Source »

...Soviet system without altering its basic tenets. Same ends, more efficient means. That seems to be the guiding principle of what will become known as the Gorbachev era. In Kremlin foreign policy, there has already been a noticeable change, not so much in goals and substance as in method and style. Deft and often deceptive flexibility rather than rigid continuity is now the order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Trotting Out a New Roadshow | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

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