Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...life?" Will she squander her youth on an aging star? Will he choose indulgence or nobility? These and other unsuspenseful questions can be answered at absolutely no cost by bearing in mind that in tennis, and in most novels about it, love is a synonym for zero...
Ever since, Jackson has tried in vain to win back the approval of his old associates in the movement, by then his extended family. It was another massive rejection. His half brother Noah says of the Memphis incident, "Now Jesse was zero for two. He's still begging for their acceptance." Only a few months ago, Coretta King turned down a request for support, as did Atlanta ^ Mayor Andrew Young, who was one of King's aides. The Atlanta team still distrusts Jackson, though they are unwilling to criticize him publicly. Says one of Jesse's colleagues who knows...
After a flurry of diplomacy in the past two weeks, Moscow and Washington seemed on the brink of an agreement based on the so-called global double-zero concept. But the talks have bogged down over 72 West German Pershing IAs. While the missiles themselves are owned by West Germany, their warheads are controlled by the U.S. because Bonn is prohibited from owning nuclear weapons. The Soviets insist the Pershing IAs are American and should be included in the proposed ban. The U.S. counters that they are a "third-party system" and should not be part of any U.S.-Soviet...
Gorbachev's ploy: agreeing to accept a long-standing American preference for the elimination by both sides of all intermediate- and shorter-range missiles in Asia as well as Europe. Ironically, that arrangement -- known in the arcane lingo of arms control as "global double zero" -- was first put forward by U.S. negotiators six years...
Conventional Forces in Europe. Although the Soviets are now hesitating, perhaps in response to Reagan's current political weakness, one test is already close to bearing fruit: Reagan's "zero-option" challenge to eliminate Soviet and American nuclear missiles from Europe. The removal of medium- and shorter-range missiles, however, would weaken the West's capacity to deter a conventional Soviet attack. Thus, the key to the Soviets' intentions, in the words of James Schlesinger, lies in how they answer the question "Are they willing to bring about an alleviation of the military threat against Western Europe...