Word: signal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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East-West relations dominated the private talks at the White House. Arguing that Moscow now realizes that it cannot drive a wedge between the U.S. and Europe, Mitterrand urged Reagan to look for a "signal" that could lead to a dialogue with the Soviets. Reagan and Soviet Leader Konstantin Chernenko have exchanged letters over the past few weeks, but the polite missives have broken no new ground. Said a senior Administration official: "Thus far the Soviets have given no indication they are willing to resume talks...
Though couched in stinging, anti-South African rhetoric, the statement was the strongest signal to date that Castro may be ready to comply with U.S. and South African demands to pull out of Southern Africa. The three major Angolan-Cuban conditions...
...most Kentuckians, the first week of spring has come to signal the agitated ecstasy of college basketball. For the past two years, cross-state rivals at the Universities of Kentucky and Louisville have met in the N.C.A.A. tournament to settle Bluegrass bragging rights. But roundball is not the only sport in town these days. Last Thursday, on the night of The Game, a smaller but no less demanding group of enthusiasts from all over the U.S. and a dozen foreign countries convened in Louisville to search for the future of the American theater. Now in its eighth year, the Humana...
...freeze if it knew in advance that an American President was committed to a freeze. It would merely wait for him to institutionalize the Soviet advantage. Any commitment to a freeze, at present unstable levels of force, would be a cynical exploitation of a vulnerable popular mood and a signal to the Soviets of precisely the weakness and erosion of integrity that can lead to miscalculation and its unthinkable consequences...
Rounding out the battery and team behind the plate will be freshman Gia Barresi, a Cohasset native who spent the winter on the varsity basketball squad. Barresi will share the signal-calling duties with Cunningham...