Word: note
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...loaded," meaning that large numbers of the 115,000 Soviet troops in Afghanistan should pull out quickly "so that once it starts, there's a certain inevitability to it." Shultz added a new demand, insisting that all Soviet military aid to Afghanistan cease after the pullout. On a conciliatory note, he reiterated that the U.S. would similarly cut off arms supplies for the mujahedin, Afghanistan's rebels. The U.S., he said, might taper off its arms shipments to the rebels as the Soviets retreated...
...defense to offense," says David Corvo, executive producer of the new CBS This Morning, "from reductions to production." The manic rebound from depression has its ironies: after laying off 230 news staffers last year, the network has now added more than 100 to handle the increased programming. Cynical insiders note that the departed have been replaced by less expensive newcomers: "Producerettes, we call them," says one survivor. Tisch sees the renewed signs of life as proof that his cost cutting was justified. "It was painful," he says, "but we've come out stronger...
...under Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of glasnost, or openness, Soviet psychiatric practices are finally getting what could prove to be a cathartic airing. Amid demands for reform, the Soviet press has begun printing stories of abuse, corruption and incompetence within the psychiatric establishment. On the political front, Western analysts note that since last spring, the government has released some two dozen dissidents who had been held in psychiatric institutions...
Abbas Hamadei was captured last January at Frankfurt airport. One of his alleged kidnap victims, Schmidt, has since been released as a "goodwill gesture." As for Cordes, on the eve of the trial his keepers released his photograph along with a note urging West German authorities to "consider what happens in the coming days and draw the consequences." Bonn did not blink. Declared Klaus Arend, the presiding judge: "We would lose sight of our duty if we were to succumb to pressure...
Ushered in with upbeat forecasts and a general mood of economic confidence, 1987 went out on a harsh note of uncertainty and apprehension. Last week the dollar went the way of the New Year's Eve ball in Times Square -- down. Its descent pummeled the stock market and fanned fears about America's economic future. Retailers said consumers were cautious during the Christmas shopping season. The usual last-minute buying surge averted a disaster, yet sales in November and December were lackluster at best...