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...wasn't hard to predict such divisions in a world with no single power broker and no single overriding conflict. People would begin worrying about long simmering neighborhood arguments again. People would want their own ideas to prevail within their own borders. They would stop looking with hateful, blaming gazes at the Great Satan or the Evil Empire to explain their nation's woes. People would look closer to home...
...sheikh also said that he couldn't predict the nationality of the next hostage freed. Speculation has focused on Jack Mann, a 77-year-old former Royal Air Force pilot who has been missing for two years...
While the overwhelming vote gave the impression of slowing the Soviet free fall precipitated by the Aug. 19 coup, the newly created bodies were ill defined and presented only a stopgap solution. It was impossible to predict how much of a counterforce they would exert against the centrifugal strains unleashed by the Big Bang of the failed coup. As it was, the first act of the State Council, a body made up of Gorbachev and the top officials of 10 republics, was to grant independence to the three Baltic republics. The move, which a mere month ago would have dazzled...
...about whether the slump that began in July 1990 has really ended. In the latest sign of hard times, the Commerce Department last week said the U.S. gross national product dipped 0.1% in the second quarter this year, marking the third straight quarter of decline. While many economists still predict that the U.S. will show at least slight growth for the third quarter, the report indicated just how shaky the economy has become. And consumers, whose purchases account for two-thirds of the GNP, could become increasingly reluctant to spend. The government said last week that the personal income...
With so many competing claims, it is impossible to predict when the dealmaking will conclude. Yet despite the various complications, there are several promising signs. Kidnappers and victimized nations alike seem eager to find a solution, particularly before the Middle East peace conference that is expected to be convened in October. From their distant captivity, some of the Western hostages sent word through recently released hostages that even they believe an end to their ordeal is finally at hand. Perhaps most promising of all, Perez de Cuellar -- the point man in all of this -- is increasingly tight-lipped. As diplomats...