Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...level talks. Paul Nitze, a State Department official and the Administration's elder statesman of arms control, led an American team that included Perle, Kampelman and others. Two sessions were held, in Moscow in August and in Washington in September. Both sides moved closer on details of a possible START agreement, but there was no progress...
...most bizarre encounters in the history of diplomacy. The Soviets lured the Americans to the meeting on the pretext of putting the finishing touches on a separate INF deal. When Reagan arrived, Gorbachev surprised him with a comprehensive package not just on INF, but on START and SDI as well...
...season' s sequels get off to a rocky start: Rambo III chills out in the cold war; "Crocodile" Dundee II bogs down in plot problems...
...York and Chicago exchanges will have no say in the matter unless they start agreeing on some compromises. Says Philip Purcell, chairman of Dean Witter: "It's time to forget about these turf fights and think of the customer first for a change." If the exchanges do not, customers will stay away, and the heady days of the 1980s bull market will be gone for a long, long time...
...cigarette vending machines in order to curb availability to children and tighter regulation of tobacco sales through licensing. Democratic Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey has already introduced legislation in Congress that would require tobacco companies to print an additional caveat on their products: "Smoking is addictive. Once you start you may not be able to stop...