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...good to understand what others are going through," said Chris M. Rein, an MIT sophomore and squad leader. "Someone next door to me was complaining today about going to Harvard. I guess you get spoiled when drill is only 50 feet from the dorm," Rein said...
...same time, Sony gave free rein to CBS Records chief Walter Yetnikoff, 56, to build the unit's creative output. "CBS always treated us like a stepchild, a little, dirty urchin," says Yetnikoff, "but Sony gives us respect. The important thing is, they like the artists and the business. They understand it's more important for me to take Bruce Springsteen's call than Norio Ohga...
Estonian nationalists contend that Russians are exaggerating their plight and playing into the hands of Gorbachev's opponents. "It comes down to the question of who is for perestroika and who is against it," said Rein Kaarapere, an economist with the republic's Council of Ministers. He may have a point. Early this month delegates from Intermovement, which claims to represent 100,000 Russians in Estonia, joined members of similar groups across the country to found the United Front of Workers of Russia. The front is dedicated to battling nationalist movements, but it also expressed opposition to Gorbachev's plans...
...protocol that called for the Soviet takeover of the Baltics. But Baltic deputies serving on a commission to study the pact complain that Moscow representatives want to stop short of drawing the necessary conclusions about the legal standing of their republics in the union. Says Estonian Popular Front leader Rein Veidemann: "We must solve the Baltic question and recognize the fact that we were first occupied and then annexed." But what would belated recognition of that historical reality actually accomplish? "Nothing," says Latvian Ideology Secretary Kezbers flatly. "The marriage between the Soviet Union and the Baltic states is de facto...
...days before the attack, the government began to show its desperation. It organized antiliberal rallies that became unwitting parodies of the strident Red Guard style of the '60s. The authorities tried to rein in the press. Foreign correspondents were warned to stop covering student activities, but few reporters took heed. Chinese television ceased live coverage from Tiananmen Square and began carrying statements from leaders expressing support for martial law. "Nobody takes the news broadcasts seriously these days," said an office secretary. "They are all a sham...