Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Second, even if all concerned parties agreed to dispose of their arsenals, only the products of nuclear technology dissappear, not the knowledge. The U.S., the Soviets or Colonel Muammar Khaddafy might at any time decide to utilize the knowledge to secure quick and easy military victory and the world would have no recourse. The U.S. and the USSR--and perhaps Britain, China and France--could keep a few nuclear weapons to deter third-party countries from seeking such advantage, but this would increase the likelihood of strategic calculations for alliances between the nations and strategies to win nuclear...
...quick loss for the Harvard women's volleyball team last night, as Northeastern downed the Crimson, 15-4, 15-6, 15-5, in less than 45 minutes of action...
...liberal political type about referendum questions, the answer is quick in coming--"no, no, no, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes." No, this isn't a James Joyce impersonation, it's "politically correct" advice...
...punch lines came in the last paragraph. Gorbachev declared that he and Reagan should "personally involve" themselves in preparations for a full- scale summit meeting in order to give an "impulse" to their bureaucracies to draft something the two leaders could sign. To that end, he proposed a quick presummit meeting in either Britain or Iceland. Reagan, like Gorbachev a believer in personal diplomacy, was intrigued. But though Shultz, Poindexter and Regan all counseled acceptance, the President decided to sleep on it. By next morning Reagan had made up his mind. He instructed Shultz, who was to meet Shevardnadze later...
...turn. At 8:45 p.m. last Monday, Philippine security officers seized Rodolfo Salas, a top N.P.A. commander, outside a hospital in Manila. The military hailed the arrest, which ended a 13-year hunt for Salas, as its biggest catch in almost a decade. Lawyers for the rebels had a quick response: release Salas, or give up all hope of a cease-fire...