Word: thursdays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They said that passage would be possible as long as the Senate votes to halt debate by conservative Republicans, a process begaun yesterday by Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) who petitioned to end discussion. That measure, known as a cloture vote, cannot come up for a vote before Thursday...
...Even as the U.S. and the Soviet Union discuss deep cuts in nuclear missiles, a different Soviet threat is appearing on a new front. Last Thursday, two newly modified Tu-95 "Bear" long-range bombers, flying out of Siberia, were spotted winging toward Alaska's southwest coast. Two F-15 interceptors scrambled to put a "cap" on top of the aircraft, until the bombers turned back 115 miles from U.S. territory. On May Day, two high-flying Bears closed to within 50 miles of Alaska; then an AWACS surveillance plane picked up two more Soviet bombers coming...
...having proposed it in 1981. Gorbachev achieved, as part of the deal, the long-standing Soviet aim of forcing the removal of all U.S. missiles from Europe. Congressional concerns about some details of that treaty led the Senate last week to postpone ratification, but in Geneva last Thursday, Secretary Shultz and Foreign Minister Shevardnadze seemed to have cleared up the remaining points of ambiguity. There is still deep suspicion in the U.S. that the Soviets are sharpies who outnegotiate Americans and then cheat on whatever agreement is reached...
...time a truce was declared Thursday, at least 188 were dead and hundreds more wounded, making it the worst eruption of violence since Syrian troops moved into West Beirut in early 1987. The hostilities left the surprisingly strong Hizballah fighters in control of 70% of the disputed territory, a 16-sq.-mi. district of crowded slums that is home to 250,000 Shi'ites. Fighting was suspended after telephone consultations between Syrian President Hafez Assad and Iranian President Ali Khamenei. But the next day, the fragile alliance between Damascus and Tehran was taxed as Hizballah fighters broke the truce, drawing...
...have been bemused and upset by the University's tradition of holding graduation during the middle of the work week, rather than on a weekend, which is the custom at other institutions such Stanford, University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth. Harvard graduations fall on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; thus, the majority of relatives attending miss three or more days of work in order to see their loved one participate in the festivities. I doubt that they receive monetary compensation for those days of work they are forced to miss...