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Despite considerable posturing on the issue by both George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev, it is increasingly evident that the solution lies not just with Washington and Moscow but also with a West German government that is ever more willing to use its diplomatic and economic muscle. Neutrality is completely out of the question, say West German officials, and they will no longer seriously consider the so-called French option: membership in the political alliance but withdrawal from its military side. Despite repeated expressions of Soviet resistance, the government of West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is confident that Gorbachev will eventually...
...Toughlove Summit. Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater used the name to stress that Bush would temper his admiration for Gorbachev's goals with stern talk on Lithuania and Germany...
...Final Summit. The Wall Street Journal has concluded that such mettings are rapidly becoming obsolete as Gorbachev loses his command of events at home...
...Right Thing Summit. Drawing upon its knowledge of hip black symbols, the New Republic says Spike Lee's movie provides the theme: get Gorbachev to give in on key issues...
...Mikhail Gorbachev prepares to embark on his latest plan to save the Soviet economy, he has expressly ruled out the shock therapy administered by Polish leaders last January when they abolished subsidies and price controls. By far the boldest approach to economic reform anywhere in Eastern Europe, Poland's policies have created hard times for many of the country's 40 million citizens. Unemployment, virtually unknown under the Communists, has climbed to 400,000. Rising prices and tight curbs on wages have sliced the purchasing power of some families as much as 40%. For the first time people can remember...