Word: politburo
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...themselves, and those that are established and enforced by the actuarial tables. Andropov's heirs found themselves in a dilemma that underscores the irony of the Soviet Union's youthfulness as a state (a mere 61-six years younger than the average age of the Politburo members) and the falsity of its claims to represent the wave of the future...
...firmly indoctrinated with party politics, or what now passes for Marxist-Leninist ideology Konstantin U. Chernenko, the odds-on favorite, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Grigory V. Romanov, or any of the other party bigwigs who may fill Andropov's spot will probably serve as the front-man for the ruling Politburo at least for several years. As with the past five Soviet rulers, power consolidation will undoubtedly come slowly...
...worldly candidates like Mikhail Gorbaschev to the more conservative Konstantin Chernenko and Grigory V. Romanov, but speculation also includes the hawkish Defense Minister Dmitri F. Ustinov, who seems singlehandedly to have masterminded much of Russia's military buildup Further, Ustinov is one of the major power-brokers in the Politburo and is likely to influence heavily the choice of Andropov's successor. Although it would be wrong to overstate the United States' influence on the selection, it seems foolish for the administration to push the Soviets into the arms of two particularly conservative candidates with its hawkish remarks...
...some observers suggested the Politburo was observing standard protocol by putting Chemenko the senior party secretary in charge...
...Kremlin hierarchy decides a younger man is needed, the strongest contenders are considered to be Mikhail S. Gorbachev, 52. Ronstantin I. Chemenko, an Andropov adversary who has been named to head the temporary caretaker government. The other two names widely mentioned are Mikhail Gorbachev, the youngest Politburo member at 52 years old, and Grigory Romanov, the hard line Leningrad Communist Party chief...