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...went to Vienna hoping to "clarify and confirm," in writing, the agreements reached at the Reykjavik summit. "We wanted to codify the progress made and nail down the remaining problems," said Shultz. The Secretary presented Shevardnadze with the specific wording of U.S. proposals for sharp cutbacks in intermediate-range missiles and their elimination in Europe, a 50% reduction in strategic missiles, a phase-out of underground nuclear testing through a step-by-step process, and a ten-year renunciation of the U.S.'s right to withdraw from the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty restricting space-based defenses. "We asked them...
More than wanderlust, however, makes Waite the right man to carry out diplomatic chores for Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence. The intrepid envoy has the right temperament for nail-biting assignments. Last November, when he was pinned down by gunfire in the A.P. office in Beirut, he displayed characteristic good humor. At one point he broke the tension with the announcement that he would take a shower. "If you / can't do anything else," he said, "you might as well make use of the time...
WASHINGTON--The Reagan administration, saying it has a strong diplomatic signal from Moscow, is about to call for a special meeting of U.S. and Soviet negotiators to try to nail down an agreement to reduce nuclear missile warheads in Europe to 100 on each side...
...last turn of the day's last race, Wagner found himself in fifth place with less than 50 yards to go--but he made a strong surge to overtake Brown's Bob Fryer and nail down the fourth-place finish...
...right. "Rutger," I said, "You've hit the nail on the head. The press has shamed itself. Why, even if I was given the chance, I wouldn't go to Disney World...