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...Some were dissidents under the old regime; others were minions of Moscow who embraced nationalism only when it was expedient. When the abortive coup in August accelerated the disintegration of the union, sovereignty went from a slogan to a realistic, negotiable objective. Provincial politicians looked in the mirror and saw statesmen and strategists. They started having second thoughts about whether sending local Soviet missile crews packing was a good idea after all. Nuclear storage facilities and launch sites suddenly looked less like imperial outposts and more like valuable assets that might come in handy as the republics bargain with...
...Psycho sends a message to the would-be artist- "sensitivity" and "decency" should be valued more than honesty. Ellis may not be able to shock the reader, or to show our society anything new. Americans are too far gone for that. But if Ellis can show his readers a mirror of themselves, his work should be available for those who are not afraid to look...
...tempting to overanalyze the humor of The Simpsons, to start to view it not as the funniest show in a long, long time, but as a cultural product of the 1990s, as the ultimate funhouse mirror of American society, reflecting its movies, music, and television in grotesque orange-fleshed, big-headed cartoon characters...
...Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who sent in troops in July 1987 to bolster the ruling Sinhalese. Does this kind of deep-seated hatred and violence await minority Russians in Ukraine, or Ossetians in Georgia or ethnic Ukrainians in Moldavia? Sri Lanka and Yugoslavia offer a not-too-distant mirror of the mayhem that could be unleashed...
...field for investment bankers is bailing out foundering companies. "We're the cleanup crew who are picking up the pieces left over from the decade-long party of debt," says Wilbur Ross, a senior managing director at Wall Street's Rothschild Inc. "What you're seeing now is a mirror image of the 1980s." Memories of the '80s have left some skeptics doubting whether once high-flying dealmakers really have reformed. "Just when we thought it was safe, they're back again," says Perrin Long, director of research at First of Michigan Corp. "We have to be on guard against...