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...popularity as one of Mikhail Gorbachev's most acerbic critics, still impressed Americans with his charm and appreciation of the U.S. His knack for an ingratiating riposte was apparent at John and Vicki Hardin's hog farm in Danville, Ind. "Would Mr. Yeltsin like to see some pigs?" the host asked. "I'd prefer to see some Americans," Yeltsin cracked, "but pigs will...
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH CONNIE CHUNG (CBS, Sept. 23, 10 p.m. EDT). CBS's long- struggling magazine show, West 57th, has re-emerged with a new name and a new star as host and chief correspondent. One added element certain to cause a stir: dramatized re-creations of news events...
...selfproclaimed guru of free-market economics in Argentina, Alvaro Alsogaray, to be his leading economic adviser. Ignoring the opposition of the telephone unions, Menem gave Alsogaray's daughter the task of privatizing the state-run telephone company that has for years been ridiculed by Argentines, who have a host of horror stories to tell about how tough it is to make routine local calls...
...consider Paris, which will soon be several driving hours closer to London as work on a tunnel under the English Channel forges ahead. The French capital is fast becoming a major diplomatic crossroads, a host to economic summits, peace negotiations on Cambodia and talks to limit the spread of chemical weapons. In Spain, which will be host to both the Summer Olympics and World's Fair in 1992, a vibrant mood of enterprise and enthusiasm mirrors the distant days of another century, when Spanish ships braved the unknown to discover new lands and Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. Even Italy...
When the Lions host Harvard tomorrow at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in New York, the running back duo of Solomon Johnson and Greg Abbruzzese will be watching from the bench. Last year as sophomores, the tandem combined for 1430 yards on the ground...