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...more permanent role in politics, a pursuit he seems to love -- at least for this heady period of symbolizing freedom and basking in praise, before the hard task of transition sets in. He acknowledges that he does not know much about the intricacies of international economics or the Warsaw Pact, and some skeptics see him as susceptible to manipulation by other leaders of the Civic Forum revolutionary movement. But in times of philosophical upheaval, Plato may have been right: the philosopher makes the best king. Havel has written acutely about the psychological and metaphysical impact of the communist years...
...response to the dramatic events in Eastern Europe, the Business School is sponsoring a two-day conference next week to teach first year students about the changing business relationship between the United States and Warsaw Pact nations...
...unprecedented movement toward democracy in the Warsaw Pact has decreased East-West tensions and delighted U.S. business leaders, who welcome the increased trade and investment opportunities in Eastern Europe...
...conference will be open only to first-year students, alumni with "a special interest" in Eastern Europe and faculty, since the school is offering it "for educational purposes only," McArthur said in the letter. In addition, students from several Warsaw Pact nations have been invited as guests of the school for the full week, the letter said...
...Warsaw Pact party chiefs, only Ceausescu dared to order his security forces to shoot after Gorbachev had made it clear that the Soviet army would not back them up. But then Ceausescu for many years had set himself apart from his East bloc brethren. He was cheered by the West as the "maverick" of the Pact and praised for his refusal to allow Soviet troops on his soil, to participate in the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 or to support the Soviet war in Afghanistan...