Word: quinn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...play them allows Boris Yeltsin to control the game. Yeltsin kept Russia on tenterhooks Wednesday, waiting to hear whether the president would renominate Viktor Chernomyrdin or accept a compromise candidate as prime minister. "The reason for Yeltsin's silence isn't clear," says TIME Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge. "He's known to withdraw and get depressed when he's under pressure. But it could also be a maneuver to keep everyone off balance -- it's certainly having that effect...
...Reported by Tim Padgett/Mexico City, Aixa M. Pascual/New York, Paul Quinn-Judge/Moscow and Adam Zagorin/Washington
Enter Pax TV, which wants to fill a niche as the network that parents can feel comfortable about watching with their kids. Its schedule is filled with reruns of such wholesome network shows as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Touched by an Angel; and Diagnosis Murder, along with original fare such as Woman's Day, a talk show with Phyllis George as co-host; Reel to Reel, a movie-trivia game show; and It's a Miracle, featuring true-life inspirational stories. "We want to be a safe haven for viewing: free of violence, free of overt sex and free...
...Yeltsin visited a Moscow school Tuesday -- an appropriate venue to open a summit at which the U.S. president will learn some hard lessons. "No matter what he says in public, Clinton is going to come away rather shaken from his meetings with Yeltsin," says TIME Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge. "Until now there's been a lot of wishful thinking going on in Washington, but there's little chance that Yeltsin will show the necessary intellectual stamina to convince the Americans that he's in charge...
...resounding rejection by the Duma on Monday, the Communists and nationalists who control the legislature may nominate their own candidate -- and the outcome of the power struggle will shape the future of Russian economic reform. "It's a serious game of chicken that could get out of control," says Quinn-Judge. And while contending factions tussle for control of the wheel, the ship is sinking fast...