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The greatest '80s actors
As the Cold War reached its climax, the Hollywood industry saw an influx of new, fresh talent mingle with surviving veterans ...
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This TV movie from the 1980s helped change the course of the Cold War. Here’s how ‘The Day After’ got made
Editor’s Note: The CNN Original Series “Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game” examines the tenuous global geopolitics during the Cold War through the lens of two notorious double agents ...
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Trump’s Golden Dome Plan Draws Out Cold War-Era Critics of Reagan’s ‘Star Wars,’ Along With Domestic Foes
Critics contend that Trump’s bling edition of Israel’s Iron Dome would only exacerbate a global arms race, that it would ...
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4 Legendary Songs From the Cold War Pop Era
He wasn’t playing games with this one. The 1980s were Kate Bush’s finest years, and quite a bit of her music involved the Cold War in some capacity. The above-mentioned Peter Gabriel tune ...
Cold War tunnels to have rare public opening
A World War Two bunker under Dover Castle, which was on standby for use during the Cold War, is to open for two rare public ...
Lea Michele Resuscitated ‘Funny Girl.’ Her Next Move Is ‘Chess.’
The “Glee” star will join Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher next fall in a Broadway revival of an Abba-adjacent Cold War ...
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Trump May Be Triggering the Fastest Nuclear Weapons Race Since the Cold War
Throughout the Cold War and well afterward Washington led an ... to which 191 nations are signatories. Then, in the late 1980s and early ‘90s, there was a concern that the breakup of the Soviet ...
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Island Chains: Can the US's Cold War Strategy Still Contain China?
Experts have told Newsweek that the island chain strategy, which was formulated by the United States during the Cold War, remains relevant ... told Newsweek. In the 1980s, Admiral Liu laid out ...