Word: politburo
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MIKHAIL TURNED and at once broke into a smile. "Rutger!" He cautioned me with a finger to his lips. "You must be careful. Raisa knows all about that nightclub in Reykjavik. She has spies everywhere." He handed me a big furry hat, a fake moustache, and a Politburo I.D. badge. "Better wear these...
...know." We came to the back of Lenin's tomb, where we found an unguarded drain pipe leading to the roof. I gave Mike a boost and we shimmied up. Up top the Politburo folks were passing out mint juleps and trying to get the Kentucky Derby on a transistor radio...
...work was halted in 1985. Built from prefabricated sections produced off the site -- and out of sight of any U.S. inspectors -- the chancery, not surprisingly, was found riddled with embedded snooping gear. Charged Texas Republican Congressman Dick Armey: "It's nothing but an eight- story microphone plugged into the Politburo...
Virtually every aspect of China's modernization drive will be debated in the weeks and months ahead, and its opponents may even find some common ground. In a telling image, Politburo Member Chen Yun, a powerful conservative, has likened the Chinese economy to a bird and described government control as the cage. While the cage may be enlarged to let the bird fly more freely, Chen argues, it must never be thrown away. On that point, at least, Deng Xiaoping and his critics seem to agree completely...
...less cynical reading of Soviet motives suggests Gorbachev moved as soon as he received a go-ahead from the Politburo. There had been hints that the Soviet leader would produce an arms-control initiative at a peace forum in Moscow last month. Gorbachev's colleagues may have insisted the announcement be timed instead to coincide with the resumption of Soviet nuclear testing, which started two weeks ago after an 18-month moratorium, thus giving an appearance of dealing from nuclear strength. The Soviets may also have been concerned that they must reach agreement with the Reagan Administration or wait several...