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...years, the newspaper's circulation has slipped from 10 million readers to 7.7 million, and it is expected to drop to 3 million in 1991. Pravda's declining appeal is in part caused by higher subscription costs, imposed while the economy is virtually at a standstill. But a more profound reason is the simple fact that Soviet citizens no longer need to put up with an unappetizing diet of Communist propaganda. Rather, they can turn to a welter of new publications at street kiosks, from the liberal weekly Moscow News and Tema, a newspaper that supports gay and lesbian rights...
...citizens into full- or part-time custodians of their grandchildren precisely when they were preparing to ease into retirement and a new independence. Unexpectedly robbed of the "grand" part of grandparenting, many feel angry and resentful. They are also bewildered by their children's choices, which they find in profound violation of their own values...
Saturn's best hope is that it represents a profound change in the way GM manages its people. But the difference is not technological. Saturn's cavernous, mile-long Tennessee factory is a medium-tech plant, as are many of the most efficient facilities in Japan. The core of Saturn's system is one of the most radical labor-management agreements ever developed in this country, one that involves the United Auto Workers in every aspect of the business. The executive suite in Spring Hill is shared by president LeFauve and U.A.W. coordinator Richard Hoalcraft, who often travel together...
...garage across from the Kennedy School Monday night, Bok may have thought the most difficult questions he would face that day were the demands of disgruntled students angry about Harvard's Afro-American Studies department. But a Harvard Police Officer would soon pose a far more challenging and profound question: "Mr. Bok, do you have a destiny we could assist you with...
...when it is fashionable to bash Western culture and exaggerate the traditions of the southern and eastern hemispheres, Paz's work is a reminder that no part of the contemporary world is free of profound influences from another. His best-known poem, Sun Stone (1957), casts ancient Aztec symbolism in a modern mold. As a critic, he broke ground with The Labyrinth of Solitude, a study of Mexico as a New World nation improvising its future from indigenous traditions as well as revolutionary ideals from Europe and North America...