Word: sided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ferry capsized so suddenly that the crew did not even have time to send out an SOS. Crewmen from a nearby dredging tug sounded the alarm, then scrambled aboard the upturned starboard side of the disabled Herald. They hacked holes through the double-glazed porthole windows and began lowering ropes to pull passengers out of the maze of inner compartments, which were quickly filling with ice-cold sea water. A flotilla of small boats soon surrounded the upended ship, and seamen searched for passengers who had been hurled into the water from open upper decks. Susan Hames of Coventry...
...American side, initial optimism is mixed with some wariness. The Soviets have dangled the prospect before of a separate medium-range reduction pact, only to then demand that the agreement be linked to SDI concessions. Cautions former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger: "The Soviets are serious, but whether they're serious about negotiation or propaganda remains to be seen...
...explains, will spill over to the CD data field, forcing down the costs of both discs and their computer drives. Donald McLagan, a Lotus vice president, agrees. "Every time Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder sell a compact disc," he says, "it's good news for the data side...
...other socialist countries. There must be a settlement of regional conflicts on the basis of compromise and restoration of stability wherever it has been disrupted. Support for destabilizing and extremist forces and all terrorist groups should be ended, along with attempts to expand the sphere of influence of one side at the expense of the other. All countries should work together on economic, social and ecological problems. Greater openness and democracy in our country are necessary. We need the free flow of information; the unconditional and complete release of prisoners of conscience; the freedom to travel, to choose...
...condition) and specific limitations on the testing of SDI, which involves launches of components into space or underground nuclear explosions. In the version most acceptable to the U.S.S.R., the agreement would provide that SDI work be limited solely to laboratory research. Apparently the compromise agreement proposed by the Soviet side was unacceptable to the U.S. side, since it deprived America of a free hand to proceed with...