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Word: midterms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interim agreement to reduce the Soviet and U.S. missile arsenals in Europe. On nuclear testing, however, the Reagan Administration is in no mood to compromise. Says Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger: "If we are to depend on the reliability of our nuclear stockpile, then we must test." Partly because of midterm congressional elections and partly because of the complexity of the subjects that need to be clarified before a meeting, a summit will probably not be held until late November or early December. "Later rather than earlier seems to be the best bet," predicts one U.S. official. "But there will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West There Will Be a Summit | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

RESERVE READING? Whether they've used it once or a hundred times, students know that the phrase doesn't mean efficiency. For many, reserve reading has become synonymous with trudging over to Lamont--often the night before the midterm--only to find that the book isn't on reserve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Books, Not Bureaucracy | 3/20/1986 | See Source »

...slept through your last midterm, three irate section leaders are demanding papers or else, your best friend has abandoned you for his thesis, and it's pu-pu platter for dinner again. Oh yeah, and it's raining...

Author: By Gawain Kripke, | Title: How do Harvard Students Spell Relief? | 3/20/1986 | See Source »

O140: Gelber is back to his station. He begins studying for his midterm in Literature and Arts B-16, "Abstraction in Modern Art," a.k.a. "Spots and Dots...

Author: By Andre T. Dryansky, | Title: Life as a Student Security Guard | 11/27/1985 | See Source »

...popularity rating of 74%. Argentina's inflation rate, which reached 30% last June, was pared down to just 2% in October. Moreover, Alfonsin's attempts to restore public confidence in the rule of law have met with success. Indeed, last week Argentina was about to hold its first midterm congressional elections in 20 years, and all signs indicated that Alfonsin and his ruling Radical Party would do well. But any feelings of euphoria were upstaged by jitters over the mysterious rash of bombings. In addition, there was concern that by imposing a state of siege Alfonsin risked damaging Argentina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina Caught in a Revolving Door | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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