Word: dialers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...move. Columbia University's Seweryn Bialer considers it unlikely that the Kremlin hierarchy will ultimately choose a former KGB chief as its head. "The political and military leaders do not want to live under the shadow of the secret police as they did under Stalin," he says. Dialer believes that if Andropov is selected, it will be a sign that the leaders believe that the Soviet Union and its empire are in deep trouble. "It will mean that they feel obliged to turn the screws tighter at home because of economic difficulties and in Eastern Europe because of challenges...