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Ever since 1985, when Mikhail Gorbachev first used the term glasnost to refer to the new openness that he hoped would invigorate Soviet society, the policy has had its high-level detractors. One of the most outspoken critics has been Yegor Ligachev, the second-ranking Communist Party leader in the Politburo, who has followed up nearly every official nod toward openness with an admonition of restraint...
Stung by the charges of sexism, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger last week announced the formation of a high-level Task Force on Women in the Military, headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Armor. "This kind of sexual harassment will not be allowed," Armor declared at a press conference. He said the Defense Department does not question what the investigators found, conceding that the policy against sexual harassment had "broken down in some instances." The task force has been ordered to recommend ways to prevent any more such incidents...
...list are such measures as liquidation of money-losing state companies, closer supervision of regional banks by central authorities, and curbs on the ability of regional governments to veto national legislation. Moreover, the Yugoslav press played an unusually aggressive role in uncovering the fraud, and optimists hope that the high-level resignations ^ and arrests indicate that the days of official cover-ups are ending...
...Managua. Lately the congressional congestion in Managua and vicinity has become particularly acute. No sooner had Robert Dole and four other Republican Senators checked out of the Nicaraguan capital last week, after some verbal sparring with President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, than Democratic Senator Tom Harkin checked in for a high-level chat. Meanwhile, Representative Jack Kemp and a delegation of 65 conservatives were traveling through Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica...
Surprisingly, the announcement stirred little notice in Washington. A Western diplomat in Nicaragua speculated that the Soviets had insisted on high-level representation at the anniversary festivities. "It wasn't an invitation, it was a summons," he said. Envoys elsewhere in the region observed that Ortega's announcement followed a Soviet decision to supply Nicaragua with an additional 100,000 tons of badly needed oil this year, and questioned whether recent strains between Moscow and Managua had been anything more than a propaganda ploy...