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For his part, Yeltsin erased his early reputation for buffoonery. He retains his boundless energy and larger-than-life quality, but as George Bush pointed out, "flamboyance is a very positive quality as you climb up there and encourage your people." The Russian president proved last week that he was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Upheaval: Desperate Moves | 9/2/1991 | See Source »

So in the dining car are the softly lighted oil paintings, the white linen, the oversize European-style forks and knives, the private-stock California sparkling wine, the seven stately courses of dinner (a just and seemly number, the traveler comes muzzily to feel), the white and the red wines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Reinventing The Train | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Those not inclined to mathematical pursuits may find the rear-ranged figure cumbersome to decipher. But the benefits of Hammer's innovative and foresighted solution would far outweigh the potential confusion. The new combination would prevent the wide-spread proliferation of documents unwittingly displaying a call to destruction all over...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Number Our Days | 10/27/1982 | See Source »

DIED. Samuel M. Kootz, 83, foresighted art dealer and paladin of abstract expressionism in America; in New York City. Kootz helped to define the emerging school by showing such artists as Robert Motherwell, Hans Hofmann, Carl Holty, Fritz Glarner and Adolph Gottlieb. As a critic and author, Kootz griped about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Aug. 23, 1982 | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

Negotiators, Fisher tells us, should stick to issues, and disregard personality conflicts. They should focus on each side's real interests, not traditional positions. They should devise new options for mutual benefit. And they should rely on "objective criteria" in reaching compromises. Diplomats--of the household and international variety--who...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: An Untenable Proposition | 12/3/1981 | See Source »

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