Word: gorbachev
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...that "you cannot build a better society on broken men." When he analyzes how the communist regimes of Eastern Europe finally collapsed 16 years later, Judt argues against conventional wisdom: the credit belongs neither to Poland's Solidarity movement nor Ronald Reagan's big defense budgets, but to Mikhail Gorbachev as the true agent of change. The Soviet leader, says Judt, was cognizant of his empire's imploding economy and spooked by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. "If Eastern Europe's crowds and intellectuals and trade union leaders 'won the third world war' it is, quite simply, because Mikhail Gorbachev...
...Mikhail Gorbachev, who funnels the cash to his foundation, has begun to learn about that great capitalist commodity, the personal appearance. But as this list of remarkable fees reportedly paid in 1993 suggests, he'll need to talk about more than geopolitics...
...Mikhail Gorbachev to address the National Republican Senatorial Committee -- $70,000 --George Bush to address Amway distributors -- $100,000 --David (''Son of Sam'') Berkowitz for an exclusive interview on Inside Edition -- $200,000 --Joey and Mary Jo Buttafuoco for an exclusive interview on A Current Affair...
...Smith suit over a floral-print Paul Smith shirt--the main thing you notice about him is, in fact, his weirdness, although it's of a cool variety. This interview was postponed three days so he could jet to Russia to go to a party with his friend Mikhail Gorbachev, and then an extra two days so he could take a part in a Polish art film. It seems as if his life is in some constant state of artsy flux. He refers to most of his experiences as "a great adventure." He has made more than 200 giant collages...
...situation where you have the whiff of Vietnam and the smell of Watergate, and there are few examples of Presidents who got into trouble this deep and worked out of it. Reagan ran into a firestorm over Iran-contra, and he was rescued by his relationship with Gorbachev and dealing with the Soviet Union. For Bush, the Iraq war is a burden he won't be able to shake until he can end the conflict. All the rhetoric about democracy, the Iraqi constitution--I think the public is skeptical since they don't see a reduction in the insurgency. People...