Word: swaps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think we got very little for what was really an outrageous act of aggression," said Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on the arrest of Daniloff. The dangerous precedent of the Daniloff-Zakharov swap--of a Soviet spy for an American civilian--he said, "is more important than some glossy summit...
...SWAP THAT Isn't a Swap has been hailed as a rational, face-saving gesture that enables neither side to claim victory. It also supposedly demonstrates that Reagan and Gorbachev are simpatico in their desire to reach an arms control agreement...
...summit is desirable, but the swap was deplorable," said Congressman Stephen Solarz (D-N.Y.). He's right. Effective arms control agreements are essential, but to achieve them there needs to be some basic level of cooperation, trust and understanding between the two governments. All three were undermined by the Soviet Union this month...
...poignant and beguiling love story. For Turner gradually comes to appreciate Francis' obsessive affection. His sets are going great (and the film is full of good jazz played by such stalwarts as Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins and Wayne Shorter). He is pleased to swap solos and memories with an old-flame vocalist (the wondrous Lonette McKee) whose love still shines in her eyes. He swears off alcohol and becomes an odd-couple chum of Francis' daughter's; he even attends the girl's birthday party with Francis' parents in Normandy. Still, Turner will always be a foreigner everywhere but inside...
...Foreign Ministry Spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov. "We don't want that." But the two sides appeared to be unwilling to yield on critical points. "Obviously we desire a settlement as soon as possible," said Shultz, "if it can be settled on the right basis." For the U.S. that means no swap of Daniloff for the accused Soviet Spy Gennadi Zakharov. For the Soviets that means the U.S. must "reconsider" its order expelling 25 members of the Soviets' overgrown U.N. mission staff. In this, Shevardnadze said late Friday, "the U.S. has created an artificial obstacle...