Word: withdrew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...happened, Gorbachev proposed nothing startling but plenty to intrigue negotiators. His letter was a grab bag of proposals covering the whole gamut of arms control. All told, they suggested not just Soviet cooperation but an extraordinary readiness to compromise to give stalled arms negotiations fresh momentum. Standout example: Moscow withdrew its insistence that curbs on space weapons must be linked to slashes in the number of long-range nuclear missiles...
Ironically, that is exactly what he did in applying perestroika to foreign affairs. Gorbachev knew where he wanted to go and how to get there. He moved first to improve U.S.-Soviet relations, which he considered pivotal. To prove his bona fides, he withdrew Soviet troops from Afghanistan and supported regional settlements in Africa and Latin America. He followed up by renouncing intervention in the affairs of Eastern Europe. His steady march toward nuclear-arms reduction often caught the U.S. off guard and vastly impressed Western Europe. His sure hand on foreign policy has been so convincing that some American...
...that black businesses get a share of city contracts. As a result, his tenure is so fondly remembered that when he decided to run for mayor again this year, he quickly piled up such a huge lead in the polls that his only challenger, Fulton County Commissioner , Michael Lomax, withdrew from the race...
...Czechs then withdrew to another room to decide their course. The documents had already been laid out for them to sign, and Goring and Ribbentrop pursued them around the table, pushing documents and pens at them. Hacha fainted dead away. Hitler's personal doctor came and gave him an injection, and just before 4 a.m. he recovered sufficiently to sign away his country. The western provinces of Bohemia and Moravia became a German "protectorate"; Slovakia was granted a shadowy "independence...
Later in the week the President took the extraordinary step of announcing his resignation as party leader, a position he has held since 1981, when he took power largely to crack down on Solidarity. Jaruzelski also withdrew from the Politburo and the Central Committee, reportedly so that he can concentrate all his energy on the presidency...