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West is rarely ranked with the foremost English novelists of this century: Lawrence, Forster, Woolf. For one thing, she turned her pen to too many tasks outside the realm of fiction; for another, she remained true to tradition in an age that gloried in breaking the molds. Rose Aubrey notes: "I am writing all this down in full knowledge that it will not now seem important, for the reason that that is just what marks off that past from our present. Everything was then of importance." This qualified apology sounds like a reply to her friend and rival Virginia Woolf...
Despite the stumbles, Posner shows no signs of slowing down--or running out of money in other parts of his realm. He has offered about $400 million, or , $40 a share, for the 63% of National Can that he does not already own. The company and its employees are also offering a $40-a-share price for a majority of the Na- tional Can stock in an effort to keep from becoming Posner's next possession...
...realm of foreign policy, Gorbachev's selection should, above all, be interpreted as a reassertion of Soviet determination to compete vigorously with the U.S. and other adversaries and to sustain that competition, under a single leader, over a long time. That is the real signal in Gorbachev's age and in the prospect of his being around long after his septuagenarian comrades, not to mention a septuagenarian American President, have departed from the scene...
...Gorbachev got right to the point: his highest priority would be nothing less than a total transformation of the deeply troubled Soviet economy. That may be a far bigger task than any Kremlin chief, even a young and energetic one, can handle, because the challenge goes far beyond the realm of economics and technology, to the nature of the Soviet state itself. In order to achieve his bold aim, Gorbachev must first deal with a formidable, intractable and historically durable rival-cum-partner--the Soviet bureaucracy...
...pulling of the plug on student aid, and, surprisingly, takes seriously Education Secretary William J. Bennett's insensitive remarks about stereos and vacations, are any indication of what lurks behind the enticing new covers, then theonly claim The Salient can make to membership in the mainstream is in the realm of graphics...