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...motion halted by friction. But the force propelling Cocos forward remains unrelenting, building up strain in the rock of both plates. When the frictional forces are overcome, the "stuck" section of the Cocos plate lurches forward (at least 10 ft. last week), generating the shock waves of a "thrust" quake...
Lately, it seems everyone is talking about the anti-urban phenomenon. But farmers and people who live in the countryside have not done anything to warrant this powersurge in attention: their greatness has been thrust upon them by a nostalgic president and an eager media that senses an affecting American Values story in the Heartland...
...Secretary for Political Affairs Michael) Armacost and (U.S. Strategic Weapons Negotiator John) Tower in interviews. Some other statements. We can discern that some of these statements are actually designed to make the product look better, or designed to hide the actual true meaning behind the words. But the main thrust of what they want to say is that it is essential to do everything possible to ward off, even to prevent, the slightest opportunity of reaching any accord with the Soviets on space-weapons bans or on the ban on nuclear testing. Now from these pronouncements made by Tower...
...scientific and technological progress not through "a transfer of technology" from the U.S. to the U.S.S.R., but through "transfusions" of the most advanced ideas, discoveries and innovations from Soviet science to Soviet industry and agriculture, through more effective use of our own scientific and technological potential. That is the thrust of our plans and programs. At the same time, we would naturally not like to forgo those additional advantages that are provided by reciprocal scientific and technological cooperation with other countries, including...
Gorbachev's interview with TIME is the boldest thrust to date in the oneupmanship that has been going on between Washington and Moscow. Each side has been trying to outdo the other in poor-mouthing the prospects for the summit while reiterating its own determination to keep plugging away. In a major escalation of this serious game, Gorbachev has now essentially accused the U.S. of seeking to sabotage the meeting in advance...