Word: scrap
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Back in 1979 NATO warned Moscow to scrap its new SS-20 missiles aimed at ) Western Europe or it would match those intermediate-range nuclear forces with U.S. weapons. The Soviets refused to budge, and NATO, in the face of widespread protests, began deploying cruise and Pershing II missiles...
...gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers." To the West's discomfort, Gorbachev is zestfully playing a role no previous Soviet leader has essayed: the man who keeps saying yes. The General Secretary first astonished NATO last month by accepting Reagan's zero-option proposal to scrap all intermediate-range Soviet and American nuclear missiles in Europe, and then by agreeing, at least in principle, to on-site inspection to make sure the missiles are gone. When the Western nations pointed out that this would still leave the Soviets with a distinct advantage in shorter-range missiles, Gorbachev...
...Administration realized that it would be difficult for congressmen to face their consitituents if they voted against any anti-drug bill. So two provisions--one calling for the execution of pushers convicted for the second time, and the other allowing courts to scrap the Exclusionary rule in cases of illegal searches and seizures involving drugs--nearly found their way into the All American drug bill...
...time Spence said that if the proposalwas not accepted, he would scrap his plans toreform the disciplinary process altogether...
Definitely not. First, the Administration has undercut the legitimacy the proposed new body might ever hope to achieve, if implemented, by trying to coerce student support. That is just what Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence was doing when he threatened to scrap disciplinary reform altogether if the current proposal is rejected. Second, the substance of the proposal itself leaves much to be desired. Like the CRR, for instance, the new board is empowered to conduct business as usual even if all of its undergraduate members were to boycott any of its meetings...