Altogether, this should not be a serious complication of the Soviet-American relationship.

He also seemed clearly agitated by the emerging criticism of his handling of the Soviet-American relationship.

It is not that the Soviet-American relationship is fading out in its importance to world affairs.

All the issues are contentious, difficult and central to the Soviet-American relationship.

One bureaucratic detail seems to symbolize the topsy-turvy nature of the changed Soviet-American relationship.

Others call for sweeping reductions because they believe signs of change in the Soviet-American relationship are promising.

The Soviet-American relationship is a familiar milieu, since he was a major figure in the events that led to the current thaw.

But the Russians still see these issues as subordinate to nuclear arms control in the Soviet-American relationship.

As the dimensions of the Soviet-American relationship in the 1990's are debated, there is a sense that the world may be at or near a threshold.

The Soviet-American relationship, while still testy, seems to be entering a new period of dialogue and accord.