Word: ry
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Under this theory the U.S.S.R. "pays" by cutting its land-based warheads in half, and its most potent ICBMs and its ballistic missile throw weight by two-thirds. But the Kremlin can then "buy" reductions in the menacing new weapon ry the U.S. intends to deploy later in the decade. For example, says Rowny, while the Trident II program will go forward in any event, the Soviets might face twice as many Trident II warheads without a START treaty...
...Ry Cooder: The Border (Backstreet/ MCA). Texas blues and a theme song straight from the heart: the sound track from the hard-boiled movie...
...center of terrorism for a variety of reasons. Traditionally, the country has been known as a land of asylum. It has favored an open visa system, a loose border policy and lax airport checks. Mitterrand has adopted a less stringent policy toward terrorists than his conservative predecessor, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing...
...President Reagan ordered the Commerce Department to study the legal implications of the French move. But he went out of his way to play down the Euro-American feud. Reagan stressed to a television interviewer in St. Louis that Mitterrand had inherited the contract from his predecessor, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Said Reagan: "Our allies pointed out to us that they had already gone forward to the point that they did not feel they could retreat." Washington could try to impose penalties, including fines and blacklisting in the U.S., if Alsthom-Atlantique and Nuovo Pignone go ahead...
...death penalty in France last year. In the other was his fellow Socialist, longtime Marseille Mayor Gaston Defferre, who as Interior Minister is the country's top cop. Badinter was urging the National Assembly to abolish a much-hated law, inherited from the government of President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, that increased the police's power to detain, search and even check identity papers almost at will. But Defferre insisted that he wanted "reinforcement of the powers of the police." In the midst of the debate, President François Mitterrand dictated the terms...