Word: reached
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only Democrat who continues to reach out and tap the minds of the country's best thinkers, said Hart, is Bill Bradley. That kind of broader thinking, he observed, cannot be acquired during frantic election campaigns. "You can't run for President," he said, "if you don't already know what you think...
...agreement comes not a moment too soon, because the oil industry may be facing rough times. When the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries failed last week to reach a meaningful pact to curb production, the price of oil futures plunged from $18 per bbl. to $15.58. If prices collapse, at least Pennzoil and Texaco can start putting their resources into the businesses again instead of into the pockets of their lawyers...
...multitude comes from two Ethiopian villages, Asbi and Habes, in the dusty, barren hills to the north. Some walked all day and all night across 31 miles of craggy terrain to reach this scorched patch just outside Wukro, a district capital in the province of Tigre. Once again a drought has cursed Tigre, and once again the hungry have come to receive food from relief workers. Family after family moves past the rough wood table to register for the donations. Each supplicant dips a finger in purple dye to ensure that there is no cheating for seconds. "It is worse...
...down a single-engine Cessna plane and captured $ an American "mercenary," James Denby, 57, a pilot who divides his time between a corn and soybean farm in Carlinville, Ill., and a ranch in Costa Rica. Two days before the incident, Denby had requested permission to fly over Nicaragua to reach Costa Rica. The Sandinistas charged that Denby was on an espionage mission for the contras. But it appeared that if it came down to comparing the propaganda value of a Denby with that of a Miranda, the U.S. would have to be judged the clear winner...
...Nitze-Akhromeyev working group focused its efforts on drafting the language of its joint communique in such a way as to defer the SDI problem without undermining the validity of the ABM treaty. At the same time, it sought to reach agreement on the "subceilings" that would be placed on different types of strategic missiles and bombers within the framework of reducing each side's warheads by half. The group was still struggling with texts and numbers as Gorbachev and Reagan were ending their final working lunch in the Family Dining Room of the White House. Stretching out their meal...