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...almost entirely to domestic and economic matters, Thatcher, who has been in office longer than any other leader of a major nation in Western Europe, sees herself as the person best equipped to serve as a link between Moscow and Washington. "I believe passionately that we share the same planet with other people who have different systems," she said before her departure for Budapest. "We really should try to cooperate in the interests of both our peoples." Associates acknowledge that she is realistic about any role she might play; she knows the real dialogue has to be between...
...normal body temperature is a cool 60° F. He has two hearts and is more than 750 years old. An expatriate from the planet Gallifrey, home of the Time Lords, he shuttles through centuries and galaxies in the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space machine), which is somehow contained inside a British police call box. Occasionally he and his young assistants touch down on a planet that looks suspiciously like the English countryside to battle the sinister forces of evil...
...Soviet Union share a massive common interest-the prevention of an all-out nuclear war. We are the only two nations that, if locked in deadly combat, could raise a serious question as to whether this planet can any longer sustain the human race. It follows that Washington and Moscow bear a heavy and special responsibility toward the peace of the world and the survival of the human race. That should be the beginning of any consideration in both capitals of our mutual relations...
...emerged after Stalin's death in 1953 used the term peaceful coexistence to signal the Kremlin's interest in improving diplomatic contacts with the world. "Neither we nor the capitalist states want to make a trip to Mars, so we shall have to exist together on one planet," Khrushchev said during a visit to India in 1955. As he dismantled Stalin's apparatus of terror at home, the Soviets took their own word for the period from the title of a popular novel: The Thaw. The withdrawal of Soviet occupation forces (along with those of the Western...
Laurie Anderson: O Superman (directed by Josh White). Performance art in outer space; a satellite transmission from a forbidden planet...