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détente

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détente

Period of the easing of Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1979. The era was a time of increased trade and cooperation with the Soviet Union and the signing of the SALT treaties. Relations cooled again with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.



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” For now, reactionary ideals and the abstract impulse have reached a well-meaning, if inconclusive, détente at the museum.
On April 8, the feud over the May family name steered toward détente when the May family's attorney, Mark Lebow of Sokolow, Carreras and Associates, distributed settlement documents to all parties involved.
The United States was mired in Nixonian détente and Carterian weakness.
 
 
 
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