Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kremlin or East Germany or Cuba. For 31 years Dick Helms fought the silent war with terrorists, killers, subversives, guerrillas and power maniacs who would have smashed their way to authority. Crisp handkerchief tucked in his glen-plaid breast pocket, shod in Ivy League loafers, Helms stayed a step or two ahead of them all. He was faster, sharper and, yes, at times more brutal. If he had not been he would have been fired...
...Brezhnev speech, however, was the Soviet leader's announcement that Moscow was now prepared to suspend its program of "peaceful" nuclear explosions, thereby paving the way for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban agreement covering both military and peaceful explosions. Declared Brezhnev: "We trust that this important step on the part of the U.S.S.R. is properly appreciated by our partners at the negotiations...
Indeed, the signs of appreciation in Washington were almost instantaneous. After months of disappointments in his negotiations with the Russians, U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance greeted Brezhnev's announcement as a "major step forward" and predicted that it would have a "useful effect" on the comprehensive test-ban negotiations that have been under way in Geneva since last July...
...Western members (the U.S., Britain, France, West Germany and Canada) and their three counterparts from Africa (Benin, Libya and Mauritius), representing the U.N.'s 49-nation African group.* Earlier in the week, the U.S., Britain and France all vetoed African efforts to impose economic sanctions against Pretoria-a step that would have caused real damage not only to South Africa but also to the Western powers and many smaller nations that trade with it. In the end, the African members settled for a permanent arms embargo. The Western members had wanted a six-month cutoff provision in the measure...
Politics in Boston had reached a point where almost any change was bound to be a step forward. The new, uninspired leaders may very well encourage a reform atmosphere that could become a prelude to a major restructuring of the city's government. It is unlikely, however, that they themselves will be the primary forces behind such changes...