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...upheaval has increased prospects for such a deal. It broke, presumably completely and for good, the power of doctrinaire communists who opposed capitalism out of Marxist principle and used their network of party cells in factories, collective farms and distribution facilities throughout the country to frustrate the partial reforms that were attempted...
...several republics. Who will now control them? During the three days of Gorbachev's confinement, his so-called football -- the satchel containing launch- authorization codes -- was in the hands of the junta, raising concerns that its leaders might, in desperation, do something rash. And now, with at least the partial breakup of the U.S.S.R. a certainty, fears are growing that some of the seceding republics may insist that the weapons remain on their soil, in effect creating a new nuclear power with every declaration of independence. Wondered French government spokesman Jack Lang last week: "Will every republic have...
Bush doesn't see history moving in either circles or straight lines, but in zigs and zags. After all, he's done a bit of zigzagging himself over the years. And he has certainly had plenty of experience glancing nervously over his right shoulder. Most important, though, Bush is partial to the idea that at moments of great uncertainty and great opportunity, individual leaders matter more than abstract forces. The President of the U.S. sees the President of the U.S.S.R. as such a leader, and he'd like to be one himself...
...decision still provides for a partial compromise. The Chancellor's office, the Bundestag and key officials in the ministries will go to Berlin, but thousands of bureaucrats are to remain in Bonn. The transfer, which will cost more than $30 billion, will take 10 to 12 years...
While estimates of the booty go as high as $700 million, the full extent of Sandinista looting will never be known. By order of the outgoing government, Central Bank, Treasury and comptroller records from February to April 1990 were destroyed. But TIME has obtained partial documentation of their greedy goodbye to power...