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...debate over when to open the city is rapidly becoming an issue in the rivalry between Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, the hard-charging populist leader of the Russian Federation. During a visit here last month, Yeltsin vowed that if the Soviet government did not lift restrictions permanently and soon, the Russian parliament would do so on its own. As a result, this is now Yeltsin country...
...most conservative groups in Soviet society, the armed forces would seem to be an obvious target for Gorbachev's reforming zeal. But with so much pressure building inside the military for change, sheer momentum may bring about the kind of changes Gorbachev wants, without the President's having to lift a finger...
...erotic heat as she lures Sabich into adultery; Paul Winfield's sardonic knowingness as he presides over Sabich's trial; Brian Dennehy's deadly impassivity as he betrays a friend to protect his career. Each anatomizes a subspecies of the political animal with finely observed accuracy. Each gives a lift to the movie, but not enough to overcome its drag and get it airborne...
Four years ago, the expansion seemed in imminent danger of coming to an end. But then a combination of rising exports and resurgent consumer spending helped give business a needed lift. A cut in interest rates might now keep things rolling...
...timing of Fang's departure was probably linked to next week's summit of the seven leading industrial countries. Beijing wants them to lift their partial ban on loans. Another motive: the Capitol Hill debate over whether to restore China's most-favored-nation status...