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...kind of people power on display in Tiananmen Square. Early in his tenure as General Secretary, his understanding of democracy was closer to Deng's concept of limited managerial and entrepreneurial liberalization. However, the Soviet leader grew to realize that as long as the Communist Party maintains its grip on all aspects of society, significant reform is nearly impossible. The party is too conservative, too resistant to change. At the time of the 1917 Revolution, the party was the agent of cataclysmic change -- but on behalf of a conspiratorial elite, not, as it claimed, on behalf of the people. Over...
...inflation from heating up. But opponents of that prescription say it would do more harm than good. "The greatest threat to the economy now is not inflation, but recession," says Irwin Kellner, chief economist for Manufacturers Hanover Trust in New York City. "If the Fed doesn't relax its grip within two to four months, we'll find ourselves in a recession by the end of the year at the latest...
Reid Cottingham dominates this bizarre drama as Susan, the troubled title character, who is losing her grip on reality. Susan hates her life. And why shouldn't she? Her husband, Gerald (Mark Brazaitis) is a befuddled priest more interested in his historical study of parish life since 1386 than in sex. Her son Rick (Andrew Ott), who has always been afraid of women, is now a member of a London sect devoted to parent hatred, which doesn't make her feel any better. Aside from the uptight Gerald, her only companion is her antagonistic sister-in-law, an incompetent Cornish...
...Village, and Charlie Parker was teaching her to sing. "Not that Charlie Parker," Phoebe Snow says now, but still, this was a time of awakening. At the urging of Parker, her "first boyfriend," Snow was beginning to experiment with the crystalline grace of her four-octave voice, getting a grip on her crippling shyness, actually starting to perform. She made a debut album, she had a hit, she was on her way. Then her luck faded...
...considered an unlikely presidential candidate even by many members of his own Institutional Revolutionary Party (P.R.I.). When he was elected with 50.7% of the vote last July amid charges of ballot fraud, it became evident that the P.R.I., which has ruled Mexico for 60 years, had lost its grip on the country. By striking forcefully at targets like Felix Gallardo, Salinas has boosted his prestige and consolidated his hold on the presidency. "If President Salinas won by just 50% last July," says a Mexican official and former Salinas critic, "his attacks on corruption have to have pushed his approval rating...