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Reagan called the pact a "triumph" for the U.S.-backed insurgents after a bloody, eight-year war with the Soviet-supported Kabul regime. He said the rebels "can count on our continued support...
...nuclear arms, Gorbachev said "there is still a chance" of an agreement to reduce by half U.S. and Soviet long-range nuclear weapons by the spring. The idea would be to have the pact ready for him and President Reagan to sign at a Moscow summit...
...issues like continued Soviet military aid to the Kabul regime that leave the door open for Moscow to exercise considerable influence in Afghanistan after withdrawal. In fact, in talks with the Soviets, the State Department has appeared willing to make concessions -- for instance, countenancing an Afghan-Soviet defense pact -- so long as the Soviets remove their troops. "It is high time," says Analyst Alexiev, "for the Administration to realize that the only way to stop the bloodshed in Afghanistan is an unconditional Soviet withdrawal...
...process of aiding Lowenstein in helping his sister, Tom reveals the terrible day that he, his mother and Savannah were raped by three escaped convicts. As if the rape of their person were not sufferance enough, the rape of their minds by their mother--who swears them to a pact of secrecy--only added to their torment...
...Customs Commissioner William von Raab begs to differ. "Occasionally they swing some poor slob out to make us feel they're cooperating," he says. "But it's nobody close to Noriega." Von Raab condemns the view that a pact with the devil is better than no pact at all: "At some point you become owned by the devil...