Word: impendingness
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The response from Managua to last week's rebel probes was to divert attention from the clashes around Esteli with the familiar warnings of an impending U.S. invasion. The Nicaraguan Defense Ministry placed the armed forces on maximum alert. But sources close to the government said that while officials were...
The "other third baseman," the Cardinals' Terry Pendleton, did the most to brighten the opening two games in Kansas City, both in the field and at bat. Though outpitched twice, St. Louis won 3-1 and 4-2. In the second game, poor Charlie Leibrandt would have thrown a three...
The Moscow insiders will be joined in Geneva by two of the Soviet Union's arms-control negotiators, Viktor Karpov, 57, and Yuli Kvitsinsky, 49. K. & K. have been a team at superpower arms talks since 1982, but U.S. observers have recently spotted below-the-surface tension between the two...
Across Washington, even the highest officials snapped their heads in disbelief upon hearing the news of the impending press conference. CIA Director Casey, who had not told the White House about Yurchenko's disappearance over the weekend, quickly called Chief of Staff Donald Regan, who in turn told the President...
For months there had been rumors of an impending leadership shuffle in Warsaw. But after the shake-up was announced last week, power remained exactly where it had begun: in the grip of General Wojciech Jaruzelski. The Polish leader stepped down as Premier and then went before parliament to name...