Word: perestroika
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...likely to be replaced by somebody who will be far more hostile . . . toward the West." In an interview with TIME, an irritated Shevardnadze responded by calling Cheney's statement "incompetent." Bush and Baker promptly disassociated themselves from Cheney's remarks; both stressed that the U.S. wants to see perestroika succeed. In fact, the Gates-Cheney skepticism about Gorbachev's prospects have more support in the White House than either the President or the Secretary of State can let on publicly. And according to Western intelligence, Gorbachev's security detail has been beefed up recently, possibly out of a growing concern...
With this week's cover stories, make that at least 41. From the inception of perestroika, our Moscow bureau has chronicled the stunning make-over of the Soviet Union. For Blackman, who arrived in 1987 after 17 years in Washington, delving into Gorbachev's odd combination of internal imbroglios and dynamic foreign policy has proved the opportunity of a lifetime. Says Blackman: "For a reporter today, Moscow is the big rock-candy mountain. There's a story on every street corner." Last month she and Kohan scoured the country to report TIME's special issue on the "new" Soviet Union...
...What do you think of U.S. Defense Secretary Cheney's public expression of doubt about perestroika and of his speculation that Gorbachev may be replaced by a leader less friendly to the West...
...That particular statement is incompetent and not serious. I think President Bush understands the situation quite well when he says perestroika is an irreversible process. We had no alternative, and we have no alternative. Perestroika will succeed...
...years. At the moment, however, all of us have to work very hard. After we have eliminated all nuclear weapons, all chemical weapons, after we have substantially reduced conventional weapons so that they are within the limits of reasonable defensive sufficiency, after we have completed our perestroika, then we shall take up sports very seriously...