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Alexei Nikiforov, the acting spokesman for the Soviet embassy in London, stood on the sidewalk outside his mission in Kensington Palace Gardens last week, surrounded by a clutch of reporters. As the newsmen jostled for position, Nikiforov read slowly from a prepared statement: "All accusations as to the alleged illegal activities of the Soviet representatives have nothing to do with reality," he said. "The Soviet embassy most strongly protests against these provocative measures." Nikiforov finished with an abrupt "No questions," and quickly retreated behind the embassy's heavy iron gates. As well he might, for the questions would only have...
...cool, coming-of-autumn evening on the Ohio River. At Rose's every motion, the flashes from the instant cameras made a light show. Enough newsmen joined the "Rose Watch" to prompt the youngest Cincinnati players to ask their manager in hushed voices, "Is this what a World Series is like?" Rose grinned and nodded. A few days before in Chicago, a left-handed Cubs pitcher wrecked his shoulder in a bicycle accident, and for several hours the city of Cincinnati was listed in critical condition. Throughout his 23rd season, Rose has played himself routinely against right-handers. So, starting...
...when Leonid Brezhnev received Time Inc. Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald, TIME Managing Editor Ray Cave and Chief of Correspondents Richard Duncan for a formal interview. Last week, at the same long Kremlin table, aided by the same translator, the same three editors became the first Western newsmen to meet with Mikhail Gorbachev. What was new was the vigor and directness of the host. "Instead of delay, there was a definite aura of efficiency," said Cave. "The session was to begin at 3 p.m. It did, on the dot. And the answers we got were as disciplined as the timing...
...their pronouncements. Western leaders were invariably "certain imperialist circles," their followers "faithful lackeys." But the current Kremlin spokesmen slip easily into Western argot and affect a more relaxed, laid-back style. Ebullient Eduard Shevardnadze, the new Foreign Minister who replaced Andrei Gromyko (known as Grim Grom by Western newsmen), disarmed U.S. officials during a technical discussion of arms control at Helsinki last month with a rare display of Soviet humility. "Well, of course, I'm not a real expert!" he reportedly exclaimed and then turned to informally solicit the views of his delegation. Says Greg Guroff, a USIA Soviet expert...
Once shy of Western reporters, Soviet officials at various levels have become more open and accessible. The Foreign Ministry spokesman, Vladimir Lomeiko, has instituted regular on-the-record press briefings that now attract more newsmen in Moscow than the off-the-record backgrounders at the U.S. embassy...