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Gorbachev's latest image-making effort began the day before his arrival in France. The General Secretary took part in an extraordinary hour-long interview with three French questioners, which was broadcast in both the Soviet Union and France. The session revealed little that was new. In a 20- minute opening statement, Gorbachev, who cut a sober, dark-suited figure while seated behind an ornate Louis XV-style writing table in the Grand Kremlin Palace, struck the broad themes of his upcoming trip. He lauded recent Soviet arms-control initiatives and declared that "we are ready for other radical decisions...
...decade of this Sunday-to-Sunday routine has left Young with a permanently sore back and sapped some of his still considerable energy. Says he: "I thought I could go on with three or four hours of sleep forever, but it seems that I can't any more. I've tried, but I can't." He now sometimes takes several hour-long catnaps during...
This week, however, the series will come under attack on the very network that gave it life. PBS, in an unusual move, will run an hour-long rebuttal produced by Accuracy in Media, the conservative group dedicated to exposing "liberal bias" in print and on television. The AIM film is the centerpiece of a two-hour Inside Story special that includes a brief history of the PBS series, an examination of AIM's major charges and a 22-minute panel discussion of the issue. The segment is moderated by Harvard Law Professor Arthur Miller and involves historians, journalists and representatives...
With several hundred others in attendance, the prestigious academic society staged an hour-long ceremony, highlighted by the delivery of an erudite Oration and a series of short but moving poems...
Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry, which is spearheading the import drive, called in top executives from the country's 60 largest corporations for an hour-long pep talk on buying parts and materials from abroad. In addition, MITI is urging retailers to promote foreign goods and is planning to sponsor import fairs...