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...onetime historian, who seemed the ideal candidate to fill the role of party "theologian" before Andropov took the job held by the late Mikhail Suslov. Not elder statesmen like Brezhnev's Premier, Nikolai Tikhonov, 77, a man with more experience in government than in the party apparatus, or the widely traveled and urbane Central Committee Secretary Konstantin Rusakov, 72, who lacks a vital prerequisite: Politburo membership. One contender seems to be on the way out. Party Secretary Andrei Kirilenko, 76, used to be Brezhnev's understudy, but apparently lost out on a chance for the starring role because...
Dark Horse: With his puffy face and bulbous nose, Viktor Grishin, 68, is a ringer for Chicago's late mayor Richard Daley. He resembles him in more than just appearance. As First Secretary of the Communist Party apparatus in Moscow, Grishin can deliver the Soviet equivalent of the Cook County vote to anyone vying for the top party slot. Like onetime Moscow Party Boss Nikita Khrushchev, he could use his post to help himself...
...business comp. "Most people who come to the Advocate are shy about selling ads or dealing with money," she says. "Now this is changing--people are becoming more sensitive to the fact that since we don't attract business types, everyone has to take a share in keeping the apparatus of the organization functioning properly...
...that changed dramatically at the end of World War II. A vast cultural apparatus began heaving itself into place across the land. Writers, even raw beginners, found themselves suddenly in great demand. Colleges and universities beckoned with speaking engagements, reading tours and adjunct professorships in creative writing. Symposiums, panels and conferences proliferated, all unable to get along without the presence of a well-known author or two. Foundations and government at every level began making money available to artists and writers; much colorful and highly imaginative prose was funneled away from fiction and into grant applications. And television, with...
...suit filed last week gave a glimpse of IBM's elaborate security apparatus. The company spends more than $50 million annually to guard its internal secrets. Hundreds of in-house detectives monitor employees suspected of being security risks, keep confidential information out of the hands of those who do not need it and even prowl around offices at night to make sure that desks are locked...