Word: whether
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...obsolete weapons such as land mines and bombs. The action was intended as a response to the ongoing withdrawal of outmoded Soviet tanks from East Germany, or, as a NATO diplomat acknowledged less than respectfully, "our garbage for their garbage." The Soviets have been giving conflicting signals as to whether they would be prepared to hold arms talks at the present time. It is clear, however, that in the negotiations that will surely be held eventually, last week's vote will reinforce NATO'S arguments as well as its arsenal...
Foreign Office advisers nevertheless felt that the odds for a comprehensive agreement were still better than even as informal contacts continued. Nkomo remained anxious for a settlement, they believed, though Mugabe was holding fast to a hard line. The question was whether he would give in to the pressure of neighboring African states, whose leaders are reportedly urging their Patriotic Front wards to conclude a truce. One hopeful sign: both Nkomo and Mugabe said they would stay on in London...
...tragedy were full of freewheeling instant blame. A Cincinnati editor called the kids in the audience "animals." Other commentators were more thoughtful, including a cousin of one of the Cincinnati victims, Linda Mancusi-Ungaro, 18. She appeared before a public hearing in Boston that was called to determine whether the Who concert scheduled for Dec. 16 should be allowed to take place. Mancusi-Ungaro said that it should, and afterward explained why: "The Cincinnati incident was a loss, but to set a precedent for canceling rock concerts based on that tragedy would be inappropriate. Someone at the hearing asked...
...What we are not going to do is play this game with all the cards face up on the deck." (He did not say whether the cards might be face up on the table...
...going to put a man in a rowboat and send him out beyond the continental shelf if he has no place to go." (He did not say whether the Shah would be put in a rowboat if he did have a place...