Word: manly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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State Department colleagues speculate that if Bloch turned to the Soviets in < Vienna, it may have been out of frustration. A competent diplomat, but a dour, moody man, Bloch was deeply offended at having to serve under two inexperienced political appointees. He dismissed former Ambassador Helene von Damm as a "nut" and Lauder as a "total disaster." After returning to the U.S. in 1987, Bloch openly complained about not getting an ambassadorial post. If, however, he was recruited long ago in Berlin, the frustration theory might not hold...
Lithuania's Catholics have also regained church buildings, established their own bimonthly magazine and, as of three weeks ago, are producing a TV show that is seen each Sunday. The man responsible for the new religious freedoms, Mikhail Gorbachev, will visit Italy in November and is almost certain to pay a historic visit to the Polish Pontiff. It would be the first meeting ever between a Pope and a Soviet leader...
...Perestroika is a revolution," Gorbachev insists, and only two weeks ago he warned a meeting of top Communist Party leaders that any official at any level who was not prepared to man the barricades would be purged. He had already proved his seriousness by ousting Leningrad party chief Yuri Solovyov and attacking the party organization there for "chewing the same stale gum" and resisting reform...
Democracy is an innovation in the Soviet Union. The leaders and the led are inventing it as they go along. But at the top it is essentially a one-man show: Gorbachev handles everything from party conclaves and press conferences to Supreme Soviet sessions to meetings with a stream of foreign visitors. He has looked red-eyed and weary on recent trips to London and Paris, and last week it was reported that he went for three nights without sleep because of the endless meetings. Gorbachev is under terrific pressure to produce the goods, literally, before his time runs...
Perhaps Doi's most persistent problem is her unmarried state. Not only do rival politicians taunt her about her lack of a spouse, but the press continually asks her why. Doi, a confirmed feminist, says she simply has not found the right man. She has managed to convey a common touch through her love for pachinko, an extremely popular pinball-machine game, and her fondness for karaoke bars, where she sings along to Frank Sinatra...