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...made binoculars to monitor Andropov's expression as he greeted such disparate visitors as George Bush and Fidel Castro. "The binoculars were large and conspicuous," recalls Amfitheatrof, "and as I watched the face of Andropov, the man who had led the KGB for 15 years, I felt the occasional chill of having my rude stare returned...
...will direct a new production of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg in December. But what the Semper needs is what the rest of Eastern Europe's houses need: the free exchange of singers, designers and directors with the West so that the art form can flower fully. The current political chill between the superpowers may not allow it, but the higher cause of culture demands...
...then, has not Gromyko's ascendancy become a moderating factor in helping overcome the chill in relations between Moscow and Washington? The chill, of course, is the result neither of one man's policy, powerful though he may be, nor of any single event. Gromyko shares power with other key partners in the collective leadership that runs the Kremlin. And all of them, including Gromyko, are just now more belligerent and hypersensitive than usual. Not only has the Kremlin suffered serious setbacks, internationally and internally, in recent years, but it is still beleaguered by a transition in leadership. A hard...
During the deep chill between Moscow and Washington over the past several years, many American specialists on Soviet affairs speculated that Gromyko had become the No. 1 hard-liner in the Kremlin and, as such, the principal obstacle to an improvement in relations. Nonsense, says Shevchenko. He is convinced that Gromyko is committed to the restoration of detente--a policy that Shevchenko, too, favors. Thus, paradoxically, Shevchenko's book is not just a denunciation of the Soviet leadership. It is also a grudging defense of one of that leadership's most powerful and conspicuous members...
...sent vapors swirling through the Government Printing Office. As the cold steam rose around them, White House aides swathed in heavy sweaters and long scarves handed journalists advance copies of the federal budget for fiscal 1986. For mood music, they piped in the sound track from The Big Chill...