Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scheduled to arrive in Moscow this week to put the final touches on preparations for the summit. The British and other NATO allies have flinched at Reagan's attempts to play down expectations for progress on arms control, and there are indications that Gorbachev has ordered his negotiators to pull out all stops in seeking a general statement of principles or perhaps an interim accord on Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) based in Europe. One American official remarked that it all reminded him "of what Dr. Johnson said about the prospect of being hanged in a fortnight: 'It concentrates...
...Iran. Ambassador Bosworth dismisses the possibility, arguing that Filipinos, unlike Iranians, support "change through elections." Also, there is no mass movement in the Philippines that parallels Iran's Fundamentalist Muslim wave. Marcos, analysts say, has only one thing in common with the Shah: a fear that Washington may pull the plug on an old friend. The Reagan Administration has thus far held firm to its strategy of coaxing reforms from Marcos by rewarding steps toward moderation. Given the mounting resistance both on Capitol Hill and in the streets of Manila, however, that course, like the Marcos regime, may come under...
...understand that until now the movie has not become altogether implausible. We are still able to believe that through some incredible machinations and feminine wiles, the 1980s woman might be able to pull off this dual lifestyle...
...council report followed an earlier and broader series of recommended reforms, to which Bok generally responded without commitment, Offutt said. The more recent report told Bok the council would pull the undergraduate representative unless he acted on the proposed reforms by December...
Nietlich's kick was blocked by a swarm of Kirkland defenders and the ball rolled into the Adams endzone, where one of the Flames tried to pull a Rob Steinberg imitation. But instead of knocking it out the back of the end zone, he batted the ball forward, and it rolled out of bounds...