Word: moment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...critical moment in the transformation of U.S.-Soviet relations came on Nov. 16, just over two weeks before the meeting in the Med. That was the day Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney announced that because the Warsaw Pact was becoming "a very different animal," the U.S. could reduce its defense spending. For the Kremlin, it was the best news out of Washington in years, and not just for the obvious reason that less is better where the other superpower's arsenal is concerned. As seen from Moscow, the eventual military consequences of the Pentagon cuts are less important than...
...internal purge. The offensive was led by former Prime Minister Lubomir Strougal, 65, who was replaced last year by Ladislav Adamec, 63. Over the past six months, Strougal, who is still a member of the Central Committee, and Adamec had conspired to take advantage of just such a moment. They agreed that Adamec would publicly call for reform while Strougal used his influence within the Central Committee to oust Jakes and other hard-liners in the Politburo. ) Strougal rallied a core group of 20 moderates within the Central Committee to their cause. "In the main hall, everything looked calm," says...
...vigil ended with a moment of silence and ataped rendition of the African Anthem...
...what do we have to talk about until the fateful day when our housing for the next three years is sealed? Just about everything. Our major problem at the moment is that we don't know how to beat the new housing system. We don't even know what that system...
...service began with an opening prayer by Sister Mary Karen Powers of the Catholic Student Center at Harvard and a moment of silence, followed by an excerpt from a letter written by a former Harvard graduate staying in El Salvador, a short poem by a Guatemalen poet, and Hollenbach's reflection...