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...pinnacle, its apogee, in the 20th, in the 1980s, with an enormous building boom all over the world. This also happened in the great cathedral-building era a millennium ago. But nobody would build a monastery for 600 Benedictine monks anymore. I think we have seen the last outburst of the city as we know...
...area's coastline. Pilots reported seeing lava on the volcano's northwestern slope, although scientists were unable to confirm the sightings, saying the flow could have been a mixture of hot gas and ash. Though Redoubt had quieted down by week's end, experts cautioned that another violent outburst was possible as soon as sufficient energy has built up within the core...
However, the outburst of anti-Turk sentiment is embarrassing Mladenov's government and could upset the talks planned for Jan. 16 between the Communists and the opposition on reforms and the free elections Mladenov promised...
When the global revolution against communism came to China this year, stimulated in part by Gorbachev's visit in May, the U.S. Government was seized with ambivalence. It welcomed the outburst of democratic spirit, up to a point. At the same time, it feared instability, not just because widespread trouble could cost the lives of hundreds, perhaps thousands of students, but because it would jeopardize a long-standing relationship between the U.S. and the now so obviously misnamed People's Republic. The Administration was so eager to repair relations that it seemed willing to do so on the terms laid...
Meanwhile, the national Communist Party is under attack from within. Last month the leaders of Leningrad's Communist Party arranged an unprecedented demonstration to criticize Moscow for not defending the party against glasnost-inspired attacks. If this outburst reflects apparatchik sentiment, legalizing competitive groups would arouse not only outrage but perhaps a concerted effort to oust Gorbachev. The Leningrad protest provoked a countermarch by some 40,000 incensed citizens who proclaimed their support for Gorbachev's efforts to rejuvenate the party through open criticism...