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Despite all the ferment, there is some reason to question whether fundamental change has taken place. The psychiatric leadership is still old line. The All-Union Scientific Center for Mental Health is headed by Dr. Marat Vartanyan, a longtime protege of Snezhnevsky's. And Moscow's Serbsky Institute of Forensic...
Just weeks after George Bush was elected President, his campaign manager and newly named Republican Chairman Lee Atwater launched an effort to lure black voters into the G.O.P. Calling for an end to blacks' "blind allegiance" to the Democrats, Atwater talked about providing minorities with leadership positions in the Republican...
Meanwhile, Republican hard-liners have been sniping at the appointments of a number of experienced middle-of-the-roaders, particularly ones with Kissinger connections, such as Baker's chosen deputy, Lawrence Eagleburger. Another target of opposition has been Lord, whom Eagleburger wanted to be Assistant Secretary for East Asia. And...
To say that Bush and Baker go way back only begins to describe their closeness. Bush brought Baker into politics and firmly believes he would not ^ have become President without him. Nevertheless, the President speaks of Baker as his brother -- his "younger brother," a diminution that signals a certain competitiveness...
When he returned to the U.S., he became Whitney Young's protege at the Urban League, where he ran a job-training program. At night he attended law school at St. John's University. There he forged a bond with a teacher the other students considered intimidating, Mario Cuomo. "We...