Word: soon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...neighbors but can't help looking anxiously over their shoulder. "They are all worried about the fallout from change elsewhere," said a Western diplomat in the region. A Bulgarian proverb captures the fears: "When the Gypsy's bear is dancing in your neighbor's yard, you know it will soon come to yours...
That does not mean that any of the remaining hard-line governments will necessarily be toppled anytime soon. Nor do they show signs of making more than minor changes in their orthodox programs. And there seems to be a flip side to Gorbachev's repudiation of the Brezhnev Doctrine: it also means that Moscow will not intervene to force reform. Intriguingly, though, some Soviet officials are debating whether it might be wiser to give a shove to the recalcitrant leadership in Czechoslovakia, where popular pressure for change seems ripest...
...military powers are working on stealth technologies designed to defeat radar. The U.S. Air Force's new B-2 Stealth bomber, for example, is supposedly almost invisible to radar because its sleek shape and special composite construction tend to absorb rather than reflect electronic signals. The same techniques will soon be used to introduce stealth missiles, ships, satellites and tanks. Moreover, military designers have developed missiles and other weapons that can zero in on electronic signals and thus destroy the ships and planes carrying radar. Faced with these trends, some Pentagon experts have raised a disturbing question: Is radar becoming...
...course, wants no part of any reunification dialogue. For East Germany, reunification means political obliteration. Only West Germans talk eagerly about the prospect of regaining through peace what they lost through war. For many of them, the question is no longer if reunification can happen; the question is how soon. The vision is for a new Europe that extends to the Soviet border and beyond -- with a united Germany in the middle of the emerging entity. Says Chancellor Helmut Kohl: "If the Germans say, 'We belong together,' then no matter how long it may take, in the end they will...
...Askins speaks, the setting can resemble an old-style western movie, several scenes before the shoot-out. She has blue eyes and long brown hair, and her manner is that of the pretty, courageous schoolmarm standing up for truth and decency in words the fearful townspeople would just as soon not hear. Yes, she says, wolves get their living by killing. No, they are not sweet and docile. Yes, stockmen are having a hard time economically. "But if we can't preserve wildness in Yellowstone, where can we preserve...