Word: western
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Western defense experts have been busy plugging the numbers in Gorbachev's various initiatives into their computerized war games, along with plenty of worst-case assumptions about the readiness of NATO. As a result, the bottom line of many such calculations has changed: the most often cited "sneak- attack scenario," which might before have yielded a Soviet victory, now leads to stalemate or even defeat...
Building on Gorbachev's unilateral cuts, the CFE talks could further lessen the likelihood that the Kremlin's hordes will ever invade Western Europe. With that reassurance, American and allied statesmen can turn their attention to the much more immediate danger of political turmoil and military crisis inside Eastern Europe...
Kareem scored 21 points against Houston Monday night in L.A.'s 97-96 victory over the Rockets. The Lakers are 44-18, the best record in the Western Conference. Who's getting...
...with Moscow in Central America. "Reagan pretended that the hemisphere is ours," says Nunn, "but the reality is that the Soviets are already major players in Cuba and Nicaragua. There's nothing wrong with acknowledging that reality and trying to fashion a policy that ties Moscow's need for Western credits to a diminution of their support for Castro and the Sandinistas...
That program requires students to take two year-long courses, "Humanities" and "Contemporary Civilization," which teach students about literary and philosophical writers central to the Western tradition...