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Whichever way Chernenko goes, he looks to be taking charge. It was revealed in Moscow last week that he has assumed the title of Chairman of the Defense Council, which controls Soviet defense and security affairs. With his portrait dominating political gatherings and his writings prominently displayed in bookstores, he is assuming many of the public trappings of power that Andropov disdained. He is also showing who is boss...
...Whether Chernenko will use that power any differently is another matter entirely. As a protégé of former Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev, he may believe in détente. His gesture on chemical weapons was encouraging, but it is too soon to make any sure judgments. Says a senior Disarmament Agency official: "Let's see how they follow up. The Soviets have a way of making a two-step look like a ballet." -By Evan Thomas. Reported by Erik Amfitheatrof/ Moscow and Barrett Seaman/ Washington...
...Communist Party since 1932, he publicly denounced dissident Soviet writers, including fellow Nobel Laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who in turn charged Sholokhov with having plagiarized large sections of And Quiet Flows the Don from a lesser-known Cossack writer. Sholokhov's obituary was signed by Soviet Leader Konstantin Chernenko and other top officials...
...past couple of weeks, the press has stood chest-high in choices. In Lebanon: one more last battle for Beirut; the disintegration of the Gemayel government; the pull-out of the U.S. Marines. In the Soviet Union: the death of Yuri Andropov and the succession of Konstantin Chernenko; a funeral in red. In Iowa: the small beginnings of an American presidential election; the first funny hats and toots of the horns. In Sarajevo: one more Winter Olympics done; memories on videotape; the ice dancers Torvill and Dean synchronized, as if accidentally, like birds in a wind. Four major acts, then...
...Moscow these past two weeks. After the obsequies and the miles of citizen mourners, half the world closes ranks behind another mystery. Who is this Chernenko, Brezhnev's former water boy turned master of the house? After Iowa, who is Mondale? Walter, we thought we knew you, but now we'd better look a bit closer at him who may become the leader of the other half of the world. Which leaves us with Sarajevo, the least important place on our current events map. Perhaps...