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...widely considered to be Gorbachev's chief rival, was unceremoniously dumped from the Politburo and Secretariat; officially he resigned for reasons of health. Gromyko, 76, was artfully nudged upstairs to the prestigious but largely % ceremonial post of President and head of state, and replaced as Foreign Minister by Eduard Shevardnadze, 67, a white-haired Georgian with an engaging personality but no experience in foreign policy. The general interpretation placed on that move is that Gorbachev intends to have a major say in foreign policy details...
Traditionally, the Soviets have employed a kind of Orwellian Newspeak in their pronouncements. Western leaders were invariably "certain imperialist circles," their followers "faithful lackeys." But the current Kremlin spokesmen slip easily into Western argot and affect a more relaxed, laid-back style. Ebullient Eduard Shevardnadze, the new Foreign Minister who replaced Andrei Gromyko (known as Grim Grom by Western newsmen), disarmed U.S. officials during a technical discussion of arms control at Helsinki last month with a rare display of Soviet humility. "Well, of course, I'm not a real expert!" he reportedly exclaimed and then turned to informally solicit...
...been his country's Foreign Minister for the past 28 years, was raised to the prestigious but largely ceremonial post of President, a position that had been vacant since the death of Konstantin Chernenko on March 10. Immediately thereafter, the Foreign Ministry passed into the untried hands of Eduard Shevardnadze, party boss of the southern Soviet republic of Georgia...
Many stumbling blocks remain. As Eduard Pannenborg, Philips' vice president for research, points out, "Much of what we have in Europe works out as an Uncommon Market. A lot of our thinking is still nationalistic." Some entrepreneurs and government officials are hopeful about a Community initiative called the European Strategic Program for Research and Development in Information Technologies (ESPRIT). Its proponents believe that the $1.3 billion five-year plan for cooperative research in microelectronics and data processing could lead to at least a partial, Europe-wide standardization in products of the future. Twelve participating ESPRIT companies agreed in March...
...Carpenter Center show is based on a study of a historic square in the ancient Nepalese city of Patan, conducted by Hooker Professor of Visual Arts Eduard F. Sekler. Sponsored in part by the United Nations and Birendra's government, the project examines ways to keep traffic and construction from destroying the square...