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...from its embarrassment, only underscored the extreme seriousness with which the Soviets viewed Rust's romp through more than 400 miles of well- guarded airspace. Soviet and Western military experts were still digesting the news of the abrupt departure of Defense Minister Sergei Sokolov, the first official of that rank to be ousted since Nikita Khrushchev's celebrated firing of Georgi Zhukov for meddling in party affairs in 1957. Marshal of Aviation Alexander Koldunov was also dismissed. Further casualties were expected in the course of a top-level investigation ordered by the ruling Politburo into why Rust's aircraft...
...whites in his native South Africa, coupled with a lyric ability to lift those observations to the level of metaphor. It is not enough for an artist to be right-minded on even the most potent political issues of his day. To earn a lasting place in literature, to rank with Ibsen or Shaw or Brecht, he must also demonstrate subtlety of craft, power of language and insight into character -- and probably must reach beyond his immediate context into other realms of the real world or imagination. Significantly, after the autobiographical catharsis of 'Master Harold' . . . and the Boys (1982), which...
Born to a prominent family in 1920, von Weizsacker was educated at several foreign universities, including Oxford. During World War II, the German president served in the German army, attaining the rank of captain...
Loewenheim and other critics say that theproblem with choosing von Weizsacker is not hisown service in the German army during World WarII, where he rose to the rank of captain, but hisdefense of his father's actions as Germany's topprofessional diplomat...
That could be disturbing for Apple, which needs a steady flow of fresh software for products like the Macintosh. So last week Apple announced plans to set up a well-financed, independent software company that could eventually rank among the industry's top five producers. The new concern will initially develop software only for Apple machines under an unspecified non-Apple name. The company will aim in part to seek out hot new ideas from small-time independent programmers who lack the resources to market their products. So, just like Apple's first computer, the next software breakthrough...