Word: papering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...relationship. As recently as 1984, the arms-control process had collapsed. Washington and Moscow were barely speaking. Now the main provisions of an unprecedented treaty that would significantly reduce the largest, most powerful and most dangerous weapons on earth -- intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) -- have been committed to paper...
...expressed veiled displeasure with Stroessner's rule by criticizing corruption and human rights abuses. Stroessner grudgingly permitted the Pope to meet with the Builders of Society, a group that includes opposition figures. But the government-run newspaper Patria growled with displeasure. "These are not the builders of society," the paper fumed, "but the destroyers of society...
...consolation game against Vermont into a scoring fest. Harvard captures a 7-1 victory and earns a bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Crimson writes, "It was the kind of game Harvard Coach Bill Cleary could wrap up and stuff in a capsule." If only he had the wrapping paper...
...appointment confirms suspicions that the Post will now be aiming its sights on the Chablis-and-Brie set. Amsterdam talks about improving business coverage, and there are reports that veteran magazine writers such as Dominick Dunne, Pete Hamill and Mimi Sheraton have been invited to write for the paper...
Wary Post veterans remember when the Daily News targeted the same readership with a magazine-style Tonight edition in the early 1980s -- and almost went under. Still, after facing the paper's demise only a few months ago, the staff is inured to shifting fortunes. Typically, one wag has even come up with the perfect Post headline for the latest turnabout: AMSTERDAMERUNG...