Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wilde's dictum: "When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers." To the West's discomfort, Gorbachev is zestfully playing a role no previous Soviet leader has essayed: the man who keeps saying yes. The General Secretary first astonished NATO last month by accepting Reagan's zero-option proposal to scrap all intermediate-range Soviet and American nuclear missiles in Europe, and then by agreeing, at least in principle, to on-site inspection to make sure the missiles are gone. When the Western nations pointed out that this would still leave the Soviets with a distinct advantage...
Gorbachev replied by proposing what some Europeans called a "super-zero option." For once, TASS carried the most complete account of his talks with Shultz. In effect, Gorbachev said, We want to take warheads out of Europe, not put more in. So let's equalize once more at zero: we will get rid of all our European shorter-range missiles if the U.S. pledges not to bring any such weapons into the Continent. He implied this would be done within a year of Senate ratification of a treaty on INF (intermediate-range nuclear forces) weapons...
...luncheon in Manchester, N.H. An elderly woman grabbed him by the sleeve and yanked him to her side. "There are too many foreigners buying up our land," she complained. He bent down next to her chair. "Aw, come on," he chided, "don't look at it as a zero- sum game. We want people to invest in America." She listened sullenly as he tried to explain his vision of an unfettered free market. "Well, you think about it," she interrupted, shaking her finger. He masked his exasperation with an affectionate pat on the back. "I will," he promised...
While the Prime Minister told Gorbachev of her public support for the "zero option" proposal for complete withdrawal of INF weapons, she insisted that any agreement would have to be accompanied by a buildup of U.S. short-range nuclear missiles, a category in which the Soviets currently hold a 9-to-1 advantage. Thatcher pulled no punches. "A world without nuclear weapons may be a dream," she declared at a state dinner in the Kremlin's richly paneled Hall of Facets. "But you cannot base a sure defense on a dream. A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable...
BEST CONSOLATION GAME: Harvard's 7-6 loss to Boston College in the Beanpot. B.C. scored a goal with zero seconds left in overtime to give Eagle Coach Len Ceglarski his college-record 556th victory. When the goal was allowed, the Harvard bench erupted in furry. Half-an-hour after the game, the Crimson was still fuming...