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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even so, Gorbachev again and again surmounted the mixed popular feelings with his friendly spontaneity and sheer star quality. He reminded many Poles of another crowd-pleasing occasional visitor, Pope John Paul II, except that the former Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Cracow did not need to have his remarks translated into Polish. At many stops, copies of Gorbachev's book Restructuring and New Thinking were thrust into his face by fans seeking autographs. Gorbachev usually complied, though when a young fan at a wreath- laying ceremony in Warsaw passed his green neckerchief for a signature, the Soviet leader demurred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eastern Europe Fraternal Differences | 7/25/1988 | See Source »

...most popular exhibit seems to be a zigzagging channel of water that acts as a slide, transporting sponges and submarines from one tank of water to another...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Summer Splash at The Children's Museum | 7/19/1988 | See Source »

...even come to a vote when Republican Senator Phil Gramm of Texas implored his colleagues to repeal it "in a future year." A future nonelection year, Gramm might have added. The Senate, a third of whose members must face the voters this year, was about to pass a broadly popular bill requiring plant owners to notify workers 60 days in advance of closings or wholesale layoffs. Despite Ronald Reagan's threatened veto, 19 Republicans joined 53 Democrats to forge a 72-to-23 victory. With that lopsided vote, the bill's supporters can easily override a presidential veto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heading For An Override? | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

With that stroke, Bennett distanced himself from the wreckage of the expiring regime. He also began to establish himself, for the future, as very much his own man. "Look," he told a reporter, "I put country above party. Always have." Then he added, "I know that I'm popular with audiences out there in the country, and it doesn't seem to make much difference whether they're Democrats or Republicans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preacher, Teacher, Gadfly William Bennett Is Leaving | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...sign of the intense popular interest in the conference came with the publication of its six final resolutions in Pravda, which caused a run on copies of the party daily in Moscow. The resolutions contained virtually all the political reforms Gorbachev had sought, including the creation of a stronger President (probably himself), a limit of two consecutive five-year terms for party and state officials, an invigorated system of soviets (local councils) as the basic units of local government, and a greater separation of party and state. Somewhat confusingly, the resolutions call for local party first secretaries to be nominated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Cleaning Up the Confetti | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

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