Word: andropov
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...pondered the remarkable political comeback of Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko. The official's words were tinged with irony and embarrassment over what he considered to be the advanced age and limited qualifications of the man who had been selected by the Communist Party Central Committee to succeed Yuri Andropov. But they also betrayed a deep sense of uncertainty, even misgiving, that was felt around the globe as one of the superpowers went about its secret rite of political passage for the second time in just 15 months...
...tiny circle of men who rule the Soviet Union risked another short-term regime and picked Chernenko, 72, the oldest man ever selected to hold the country's most important position? How would that choice affect the lives?and indeed the spirits?of 274 million Soviets, who had watched Andropov begin to energize a cumbersome economic system only to leave the task undone...
...faceless bureaucrat who would always be everyone's second choice for the job. Now he was being seen as the last-gasp leader of a gerontocracy intent on keeping the younger generation from moving too quickly into the corridors of power. Said a Western diplomat in Moscow: "If Andropov had lasted another four months, I don't think Chernenko would have made...
...experts said that the former chief of government. Yuti V Andropov, had made strides in curbing the corruption in the Communist Party and a start in revitalizing the economy, but that these steps could now be reversed under the new Soviet leadership...
...While Andropov load tried to break the cycle of Compton that has characterized struggle lapse, said Pipes, formerly the chief adviser on Soviet affairs on President Reagan's National Security Council...