Word: phase
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although it produced no new arms- control breakthroughs, Mikhail Gorbachev' s dazzling visit to Washington seemed to herald a new and more personable phase in the 40- year struggle between the U. S. and the Soviet Union. -- Vivacious and voluble, Raisa Gorbachev upstages Nancy Reagan. -- San Francisco' s newly elected mayor, Art Agnos, faces daunting problems...
...trip to Palm Springs should give us a lot of time to work on the little things that can make us faster," Co-Captain Michele Engh said. "Only one phase of our training is done so far, so we do have some more things to accomplish...
...just completed the first phase of her research, interviewing a control group of 40 females about their normal eating habits. Most of the members of the control group are Tufts students who receive extra credit in their psychology course at the university...
...people associated with SDI see much hope of meeting the target date of 1992 for deciding whether to proceed with the first phase of the system. Deployment of even the most basic systems is unlikely before the end of the century or beyond, and even SDI's director, Air Force Lieut. General James Abrahamson, admits that the program is so far behind that "research does not yet show whether major deployment is justified...
...plant came to grief, a victim of growing competition in the American market. Volkswagen, whose U.S. sales have plunged from 162,005 autos in 1981 to 73,920 last year, said it would halt production at the Westmoreland site, its only American car plant. The factory will gradually phase out assembly of its two models, Jetta and Golf, putting 2,500 employees out of work by late...