Word: fates
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cautionary reminder of the perils of perestroika. The combination of glasnost and demokratizatsiya runs the risk of giving conservatives the chance to point to a breakdown in social order. This is a major consideration in one of the most order-obsessed regimes on earth. Gorbachev's situation, like the fate of his reforms, will thus remain precarious...
Gorbachev has been able to demote but not purge from the Communist Party's ruling Politburo Yegor Ligachev, his conservative thorn. Ligachev and his allies, who include former KGB chief Victor Chebrikov, could become even more antagonistic out of dismay at the fate of fellow party traditionalists in the election. None is likely to try to pull off a coup, but it is possible that they could force Gorbachev to water down the reforms...
...drumbeat clears the air, and suddenly the band is cruising through the infectious opening rhythm of The Man in the Hat. The lead singer grabs the microphone and shrieks, "Heading for a meeting/ Across the frozen intersection/ On the night boulevard . . . The man in the hat of no particular fate/ He's neither strong nor weak . . . He's just a man, a man at the sunset...
...eliminate this problem, I tried to play the relaxing music all night. But I only succeeded in firmly implanting Barry Manilow's "I Write The Songs" into my subconscious--a fate worse than death...
...doctors remain cautious. "We're not out of the woods yet," said Raudrant. But the boy at least has a chance at a better fate than another ( immune-deficient David: the American "bubble boy" who spent nearly all his twelve years of life in isolation before he died in Houston...