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...speak up for our values," hesaid. "Marxist regimes have been falling one byone, and China is sort of the dinosaur now, tryingto prop up Leninism with consumerism...
...going to make a dictator out of me." He plans to run for the post of parliamentary speaker as an independent, in an effort to stand apart from the squabbling parties and blocs. With no political or military power base he can trust, Shevardnadze has only one strong prop: his personal connections with the West. ; Whatever else they may think of Shevardnadze, Georgians take pride in the fact that he has friends in high places...
...decades, Africa could count on the cold war as an economic resource. The U.S. and the former Soviet Union muscled each other through African proxies, pouring in money to prop up pro-Western or pro-Communist surrogates. Now the big powers' priorities have gone elsewhere. Russia's most prominent expert on African economies, Sergei Shatalov, devotes his attention to his own country's debt problems. Europe's available investment capital is being diverted to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet states...
...magazine slammed the University's newly constructed hotel, saying it resembles a "plywood prop from Universal Studios and feels like an upscale hospital inside...
...stock exchanges, and the news that Japanese Premier Kiichi Miyazawa would convene a special Cabinet session. The Nikkei resumed its steep downward slide Friday, however, after Finance Minister Tsutomu Hata said it would be difficult to bolster the market. Business leaders have urged the government to take steps to prop up the market. Miyazawa, however, is banking on a supplementary budget to stimulate the economy, but few economists believe the government alone can revive the market...