Word: nuclearization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...energy-sapping weather seems to have reached all the way to the colder climes of Switzerland. In Geneva, superpower negotiations on nuclear weapons have not screeched to a halt, but rather have come inside from the lazy heat, turned on the air conditioning, and flopped on the couch for a nap. The meetings have been in the doldrums for quite some time...
...effort to put the Iran-Contra fiasco behind him, President Reagan has placed a treaty with Gorbachev on intermediate-range nuclear missiles at the top of his agenda. By concluding such an agreement, Reagan believes he can salvage a powerful legacy in foreign affairs; he can be the first President in history to achieve an actual nuclear arms reduction treaty with the Soviets...
Treaties such as SALT have only imposed ceilings on increases in the superpower nuclear arsenals. Proposals for intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) currently on the table would eliminate an entire class of weapon systems, primarily the American Pershing IIs and the Soviet SS-20s concentrated in Central Europe. And we would be getting a bargain in the process, Administration officials argue, because the SS-20s outnumber our Pershings by more than five to one. Both Reagan and supporters of nuclear disarmament welcome an INF treaty with the Soviets...
...left unguarded for the Soviets to pressure and coerce. Our allies have not yet reached the stage where they can stand up to the Soviets alone, and it is the United States' job as it has been for the last 40 years, to see that they do. The American nuclear guarantee has kept the peace in Europe and Asia since World War II, and the relative sluggishness of the American economy in comparison to the growth of our competitors provides no compelling reason why that assurance should be withdrawn...
...years has been the main political issue in city politics, and he also has been active in a number of local causes. He founded a group called Toxic Alert which he says chased Arthur D. Little Co. out of the nerve gas business. He has opposed the Seabrook Nuclear Plant. Currently, he is the director of the Community of Elders, the city's largest service organization for the elderly. In short, he's a community activist who's been around the neighborhood for a decade...