Word: reals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that he will be the leader who will guide East Germany along the path toward social and economic reform. Krenz may turn out to be only a transitional figure, put in place, like the Soviet Union's Konstantin Chernenko, to warm the chair for a more visionary thinker. "The real reformers will take over power in the next six to twelve months," predicts Wolfgang Seiffert, a former adviser in the East German Communist Party who now teaches at West Germany's Kiel University. Others see in Krenz the possibility of a Yuri Andropov -- someone who appeals to conservatives but recognizes...
...verge of becoming more a part of the problem than a part of the solution." Sasser says the law has the Government keeping two sets of books: one devised to meet Gramm-Rudman, "which is a useful fiction to give the illusion of progress," and another that shows the real deficit. The real deficit for fiscal 1990 will not be $110 billion but more like $230 billion. Fancy bookkeeping like a $65 billion loan from the Social Security trust fund to the Treasury keeps the total down...
...mechanistic approach like Gramm-Rudman is not the real solution to the budget deficit. Says Speaker Foley: "No amount of tinkering with the legislative process can substitute for a commitment to get spending under control. Some people look to procedural changes to get us out of our current mess. Will is what's required." There are no shortcuts on the road back to fiscal responsibility and economic health...
While many experts agree that Webster has identified a real problem, some think the ambiguity should not be resolved. "There is a gray area," says Anthony Beilenson, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. "And it ought to remain there. The fact that there's a little bit of uncertainty about the Executive Order serves a useful purpose. We should be cautious when it comes to coups that may lead to assassination." In fact, the CIA has procedures for high-level review of operations that could violate the ban. And yet a clear distinction between coups and assassinations is not always...
Gorbachev may have targeted Starkov as a sop to conservatives, then moved against his real target: Afanasyev. Said Vitali Korotich, editor in chief of the liberal weekly Ogonyok: "Gorbachev is an experienced politician who does things in combinations." Another element in this combination may be a new press law under consideration by the Supreme Soviet. The measure, which has been welcomed by liberals, purports to abolish censorship and provides for creation of independent publications with none of the organizational sponsorship now required...