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Gorbachev's one-way diplomatic strike will have implications beyond conventional forces. It will make it much more difficult for the U.S. to persuade its NATO allies to modernize the short-range Lance missile, which can hurl battlefield nuclear warheads about 80 miles. American planners would like to extend the range to the 300 miles permitted under the recent intermediate nuclear-forces treaty. But West Germans, in particular, are already worried about the abundance of tactical nukes in their midst...
HOLLY KNIGHT (Columbia). Big-time pop craftsmanship by a songwriter who is responsible for several hits (like Love Is a Battlefield) recorded by others...
...election to Benjamin Harrison on the issue of tariff reform. A century later, it is dismaying to contemplate the nation's march of progress toward the perfection of its democratic institutions. Imagine George Bush or Michael Dukakis having the temerity to claim that his campaign was waged on the battlefield of "honest principle." Or better yet, picture either candidate rising above "cowardly subterfuge...
...forces should get some breathing space because of approaching winter and their recent battlefield successes. The Soviet-Afghan retreat from the valley was triggered when the rebels overran a government stronghold at Tambana last May. Then in August and September, Jamiat fighters expanded their control by sweeping through the northeastern cities of Khanabad, Taliqan, Keshem and most of Kunduz, the provincial capital. That leaves only one town, Faizabad, in government hands in the northeast...
...incisive thinker and an intense manager with a keen grasp of policy issues. But she and her lieutenants were simply not adroit in matching the strategic maneuvering through which the Bush campaign dominated the sound-bite agenda. In politics, as in war, whichever side chooses the battlefield is likely to win. Baker and his cadre were designating the battlefield every day. In addition, none of the top Dukakis command, with the occasional exception of Brountas, could tell the candidate things he did not want to hear or make him do what he did not want to do. By early September...