Word: premier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Little is heard in Cuba of the current changes in Soviet economics and culture, although some news trickles in from the American Radio Marti. Cuban human rights groups, as well as other Cuban citizens fascinated by the cult-like figure Gorbachev, have hailed the Soviet premier's visit with flag-wavings, cheers and motorcades. Gorbachev, it is hoped, will help guide a resistant Cuba into policies of economic "opening" and increased political freedoms...
...were banned in some schools across the country within two months after their release in January, some 12 million packs have been sold at 40 cents each. But the real grossing-out has taken place among legions of appalled grownups. Les Crados have even come to the attention of Premier Michel Rocard, who said he was "astounded." The National Institute for Consumers' Affairs has been asked to investigate the craze...
...from the excellent elegances of Milan in favor of the more experimental company in Paris. The intrepid Japanese designers show their stuff in Paris; so do the haut trendies like Jean-Paul Gaultier and Claude Montana. The company is faster there than in Milan, where Giorgio Armani, Italy's premier talent, casts a very long shadow indeed. "Presumptuous," is the way Armani characterizes Gigli's move, adding, "He may want to be international, but his move is premature...
...Congressmen had urged Bush to usher human rights to the forefront of the U.S. dialogue with China, as is the case with the Soviet Union. But White House officials acknowledged that Bush never raised the issue directly in his private talks with China's top leader, Deng Xiaoping, and Premier Li Peng. The Chinese did, though. Toward the end of a wide-ranging 90-minute conversation on Sunday afternoon, Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang told Bush that dissidents threatened to upset the social order, which would "provide a pretext for the turning back of ((economic)) reforms." American support...
...embarrassment of an affair that left him caught between placating both the offended Chinese and American critics who attacked the Administration for not sending an escort for Fang, or even holding a separate but highly visible meeting with dissidents. On his departure for Seoul, Bush expressed to Vice Premier Wu Xueqian his regret that Fang had been barred from the banquet and instructed Ambassador Winston Lord to follow up on the matter with the Foreign Ministry. The Chinese announced that they "resented" the U.S. decision to invite Fang to the dinner without consulting them. When an Administration official replied that...