Word: salt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...acronym-awed Washington, stirring up the alphabet soup is a serious matter. Thus it has become a critical concern in the capital that White House officials have begun referring to certain ongoing negotiations with the Soviet Union not as a continuation of SALT (which stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) but as START (for Strategic Arms Reduction Talks...
...fact, produce one solid accomplishment: both nations agreed to meet in Geneva on Nov. 30 to begin talks on reducing each side's medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe. The U.S. team will be headed by Paul Nitze, a notable anti-Soviet hardliner who helped negotiate SALT I in 1972; the chief Soviet spokesman will be U.A. Kvitsinsky, a career diplomat with no particular expertise in arms-control talks. The negotiations were long expected: in return for persuading its NATO allies in 1979 to base 572 Pershing II and cruise missiles on European soil as a deterrent...
...Americans refused to budge, since the Soviets have not placed any parallel systems of their own on the table. Gromyko and Haig instead drafted a statement that did not specify which weapons would be discussed. Both sides left bilateral issues, such as trade and the possible resumption of SALT talks, for a second get-together scheduled this week...
...major deterioration in the stadium is in the steel beams that support the concrete grandstands. Over the years, rainwater, often mixed with salt and other substances, has seeped into the cracks between the slabs that make up the seating areas, and has severely corroded these beams and the concrete around them...
...investment was hotter in 1980 than the so-called penny stocks-speculative shares in new companies priced at $1 or less and traded primarily over the counter in places such as Denver or Salt Lake City. Suddenly, though, the pennies have tarnished. High-interest rates now make other investments more attractive, and many investors have grown suspicious about the low-priced stocks...