Word: steps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Amid all the clinking of champagne glasses and the bubbles of cold war good fellowship, there were many who could agree with Khrush. Already the big question seemed to revolve less around the possible effects (and risks) of the test ban treaty than around the nature of the next steps to be taken in relaxing East-West tensions. And by week's end it seemed increasingly evident that a likely next step would be a mellowing of U.S. attitudes toward the satellite Communist nations of Eastern Europe...
Dean Rusk was not so carried away. The treaty was, in his opinion, "a good first step, but only a first step." It was, he said, impossible "to guarantee now what the significance of this act will be. History will eventually record how we deal with the unfinished business of peace...
...Step or Misstep? But one of Khrushchev's most persistent demands is for the creation of an East-West nonaggression pact. The term has been bandied about so much by the U.S. State Department that cables arriving from overseas refer to it simply as "NAP." Publicly, the U.S. has demurred, saying it can do nothing until the subject has been thoroughly discussed with all members of the Western Alliance. Some allies, notably West Germany, fear that NAP could lead to recognizing and "normalizing" a permanently divided Germany. If that were to happen, the test ban treaty, designed...
...force will meet in early September with a target date late in the year for completing the survey. The first step will be the gathering of data from files, reports and interviews...
...Fourth of July and had been in jail during the night when Charlie Ware had been shot. He reported he was awake at the time the shooting occurred and had seen the Sheriff put a knife into Charlie Ware's hand. He then said he saw the Sheriff step back into the shadow of the trees and cry "Hold it," and shoot; again "Hold it," another shot; again, "Hold it," a third shot...