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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This sequence culminated with Gorbachev's surprise proposal for a quickie test-ban summit. The Administration is puzzled as to why Gorbachev has invested so much of his personal prestige in a test-ban proposal that he must know is a non-starter. Though there are valid arguments for and against a ban (see box), the Reagan Administration has made it unmistakably clear that, as one White House aide put it, "that bird ain't going to fly." About the best advisers can figure is that the Kremlin has reverted to its old game of trying to drive a wedge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geneva's Lost Spirit: Reagan and Gorbachev | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

...visitors tied the score in the top of the third, when Jill Rogaski smashed an RBI triple to right center off Crimson starter Janet Dicker...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Sloppy Batswomen Falter Then Walk By Smith, 5-4 | 4/11/1986 | See Source »

...visitors jumped on Harvard starter Kevin Curtin for a run in the first, two in the third, and three in the fifth...

Author: By Emil E. Parker, | Title: Huskies Sweep Chilly Batsmen | 4/10/1986 | See Source »

Detroit erased Boston's 2-1 lead with three runs in the fourth. Darrell Evans started the rally with a single and scored on a triple by Dave Collins. Gibson then smashed the next pitch by starter Bruce Hurst high into the upper deck in center field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gibson Leads Tigers Past Slugging BoSox | 4/8/1986 | See Source »

...sacrifice fly in the third, after Baltimore starter Mike Flanagan had been driven from the mound and about the time Reagan was taking off from the parking lot in the presidential helicopter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Major League Wrap | 4/8/1986 | See Source »

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