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...Gromyko felt about the change remained, as usual, something of a mystery. After the 1,500-member Supreme Soviet gave unanimous approval to his nomination, the dour, stoop-shouldered diplomat, variously known as Grim Grom and Dr. Nyet, accepted Gorbachev's praise and his new title in typically expressionless style. "It is not for me to judge whether I deserve such words or not," he said. "I shall make every effort to discharge with honor my duty to the party, to the country, to the people...
...embittered black protesters demonstrates against the string of tidy Korean shops that now almost dominate the thoroughfare. In Miami, native blacks are beginning to feel like spurned foreigners as ambitious Cubans give the city a Latin rhythm and take over what were once bastions of black business. On the grim concrete playgrounds of Powelton Village in West Philadelphia, black children call their Asian classmates "chinks" and "gooks." The Asians, quick learners all, call the blacks "spooks" and "niggers...
...assessment: "Some of our secrets in submarine warfare, amphibious operations and weaponry, communications coding systems, intelligence gathered by the Navy, and carrier tactics." When some newspaper reports, based mainly on sources in the much embarrassed Navy, tried to downplay the ring's impact, Pentagon Spokesman Michael Burch offered a grim rebuttal: "From what we are continuing to learn, we know now that the damage evaluation has gone...
...health clubs (Are they "the singles bars of the '80s"?) support a sober inquiry into journalistic ethics? Short answer: Are you kidding? Long answer: Check out the movie imperfectly titled Perfect, in which John Travolta is, as usual, miscast, this time as the journalist; Jamie Lee Curtis is rendered grim by the unaccustomed effort of thought; and Director James Bridges (who wrote the script with Aaron Latham) proves he has no rhythm. As a concept in search of a plot, the picture will infuriate those who come for the jiggles and giggles while offending those dear souls still foolish enough...
...challenge of proliferation is grim, the situation could be much worse. Playing for time in the effort to curb further growth of the nuclear nemesis has never been time wasted. But the harsh fact cannot be brushed aside: ( proliferation is not an arcane and unpleasant prospect to be avoided but a reality that must be confronted. The world's spreading nuclear capability is far more dangerous than it used to be. Full recognition of that state of affairs is necessary if mankind is ever to quiet its nuclear fears...