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...helping Soviet bloc nations become more independent and by securing agreements that make mutually beneficial arms reductions. In addition, the changes in Eastern Europe have progressed so far that a sudden reversal becomes less likely every day. In the worst-case scenario, a hard-liner -- even Gorbachev -- could crack down in Moscow tomorrow. But could he reverse the course of events in Hungary and Poland? Could he ensure the loyalty of troops in Eastern Europe...
BEHAVIOR: Crack invades the middle class...
...addicts are usually poor blacks and Hispanics from the ghetto. In real life, the problem is much broader, engulfing large numbers of professionals who smoke crack...
...with their anger, and fun with their activism. In one number, Waldeck strolls around the stage under an umbrella. The lyric: "I walk the shores of Lake Champlain/ in the placid acid rain." In another tune, Waldeck dreams of being reincarnated as a "big, wrecking ball" so he can "crack down on condos." But fast-food executives would not find the show especially funny. "Lay down your Whopper and your fries," one song goes. "Save a rain forest, baby, before the rain forest dies." That lyric is a pointed reference to the fact that tropical rain forests are turned into...
...crack of dawn...