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Gorbachev is not so eager to reach an agreement with the U.S. that he will compromise Soviet security interests, nor so keen for perestroika that he will stint on defense. He sometimes feels compelled to remind his audience -- and certainly his critics -- that military security comes before economic well- being. But at the same time, SDI has forced Gorbachev and others to re- examine what they call "common security." For leaders who see themselves as the caretakers of a great revolutionary tradition, the men in the Kremlin are extremely conservative. They dislike discontinuity, uncertainty, unpredictability. SDI has compelled them...
...Button-cute, rapier-keen, wafer-thin and pauper-poor is S.J. Perelman . . . that he possesses the power to become invisible to finance companies . . . that he owns one of the rare mouths in which butter has never melted are legends treasured by every schoolboy...
...book filled with such inveterate egotists as the Carver clan ought not to be much fun. Yet A Summons to Memphis radiates tolerant good humor. For all of Phillip's flaws, he is a keen observer, witty monologist and an adept at anecdotes. He recalls, for example, the fate of another old Memphis widower who attempted to take a second wife: "When Mr. Joel's intention to remarry was made manifest he was actually hauled into court by his own children. (His sons were all lawyers, unhappily for him.) And there in court . . . Mr. Joel's sons had their father...
...face of that new sense of menace, many Hondurans do not know where to turn. Although they dislike and distrust the leftist government in Managua, they are not keen to support the Sandinistas' enemies. Apart from destabilizing the area, the 15,000 contras have been charged with robbing . local campesinos and even, in a few cases, raping and killing them. Some Honduran officials fear the guerrillas are too ill prepared and misdirected to unseat the Sandinistas and will ultimately end up as refugees in Honduras. "They have no chance to win," says a local government official. "I just wish that...
...Wheel of Fortunoff, hosted by the beautiful Vanna Red. Three contestants compete to decipher a patriotic slogan, spinning a wheel to win prizes such as a new potato harvester, a guided tour of Lenin's tomb, or a mink coat (with only a six-month wait). Competition is keen, as the consolation prize is a tanning session in scenic Chernobyl...