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...this week, the council leadership's political fervor on international issues went out of control. When a Harvard alumnus told Subramanian about plans to organize demonstrations to prevent the resignation of Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the council chair convened an emergency meeting of several council leaders. Three of these leaders, acting on their own behalf, attended a rally in Harvard Square to save Gorbachev...
...week black flags waved from housetops, sirens wailed and ships' horns echoed over Baku harbor as some 800,000 Azerbaijanis thronged the streets, in defiance of emergency regulations, to mourn their hundred or more "martyrs" killed in street clashes with Soviet troops. Among the marchers' signs: a photograph of Mikhail Gorbachev over the word WANTED...
...Activist Council?--Harvard students are not much for rallies, but this week saw an all-time low, with the five-person turn-out in the demonstration to show support for Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Most of the demonstraters were members of the Undergraduate Council. As Bruce M. Brainard '68-'69, who organized the rally, said, "Guhan Subramanian, you seem to be a great resource for me to use to make something happen...
Communist Heroes?--When asked about reports that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had been asked to speak at Harvard's June Commencement Exercises, Russian Research Center Associate Director Marshall L. Goldman confirmed that indeed Gorbachev's name had been tossed around as a possibility. So, he added, had the name of Deng Xiaoping...
...policy is not always as clear as principle. The Bush Administration does not want to see Mikhail Gorbachev unseated by conservatives who charge he has "lost" Lithuania. Neither, however, can Washington retreat from its historic position. The Administration has therefore said as little as possible, while hoping a compromise can be achieved...