Word: specializations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet negotiators were in a testy mood when talks resumed in January 1986. Tower made a conciliatory statement saying that despite the deadlock over SDI, there were a number of areas of "convergence" in START, and special working groups should be established to explore the "common ground...
Squadrons of Syrian tanks rolled into position around the southern suburbs of Beirut last week, their cannon muzzles pointed menacingly at the 16-sq.-mi. enclave. Two Syrian armored brigades, supported by two battalions of President Hafez Assad's elite Special Forces commandos, crouched behind barricades ringing the Shi'ite Muslim slums. Since May 6, fierce battles between rival militias had raged through the streets and alleys, causing many of the area's 250,000 residents to flee. In bloody hand-to-hand combat, the fanatical, pro- Iranian Hizballah had driven the more moderate, Syrian-backed Amal...
...turned out that covering men's basketball was fun. It was easy. You almost didn't have to take notes at all. You just sat there at a special table set up alongside the court, and Sports Information flunkeys brought you rosters and program notes and statistics to your heart's content...
...grief when the target of their mockery demonstrates supernatural powers of destruction in a crowded gym on prom night. Carrie was blasted by London critics when it opened a four-week run in February at the R.S.C.'s home in Stratford-upon-Avon. The show was rewritten almost nightly; special effects misfired disastrously; one of the two leads quit. Problems continued when it moved to New York City, and the opening was postponed beyond the cutoff for Tony nominations, undercutting the marketing strategy...
...Administration contends that even if this is true, the missiles could never be tested and would quickly become unreliable. Articles comparing Soviet SS-20 figures with much higher, classified Defense Intelligence Agency estimates began showing up in conservative newspapers last winter. Citing these reports, several conservative Senators requested a special closed-door session to resolve the issue before bringing the treaty to the Senate floor for debate...