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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Previewing the summit in Moscow, Reagan said he hoped more progress can be made in the area of human rights, and that the Kremlin still has not lived up to promises made in the Helsinki accords on that subject...
Reagan's economic progress is attributable, more than anything, to the decline of OPEC. The Republicans have a vested interest in maintaining wide-open oil production, because to the American voter, the drop in gasoline prices is probably the single most prominent economic improvement over the Carter administration. More importantly, if OPEC were to regain power and put a lid on oil production, prices could soar and pull America back into an inflationary spiral...
...recognizes the problem of lack of minority faculty members in the University. The different incentives established to date have been helpful, but they are not enough by themselves--some sort of periodic review process would be in order to make sure that satisfactory progress is being made...
...Because of the problems we had in Annapolis, we've worked a lot on our ability to handle rough weather and I think we've made a lot of progress," Coach Harry Parker said. "On Sunday, I expect Princeton to be tough and Brown, with a changed lineup since we beat them earlier, has a history of doing well late in the season, especially at the Sprints...
...recent poll in New Scientist, Americans were found to have the most positive image of science and progress of any industrialized nation. Yet 42 percent of the public in the United States does not believe in human evolution! While we apparently have a desire to succeed, it's clear we lack the intellectual tools to do so. Widespread belief in astrology is a similar problem. We use the fruits of science gladly--none of us would part with our microwaves or television sets--yet scientific advances have not fundamentally reordered our view of the way the world works. Unless they...