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...move to consolidate the country's bloated bureaucracy, for example, the regime trimmed 31 government ministries down to 23, eliminating 3,000 jobs. Some analysts speculated that the referendum defeat was actually welcomed by certain factions within the regime, including an odd coalition of hard-liners who resist any liberalization in Poland and ardent reformers who want even more drastic measures. But the outcome provided scant encouragement for those hoping that the belt-tightening reforms would allow the country to begin chipping away at the burden of its $34.5 billion foreign debt...
Even as it prepared to welcome the Soviet leader, the Reagan Administration could not resist the temptation to occasionally gloat over Moscow's apparent capitulation in the face of American steadfastness. Perle has been beaming with the pride of paternity and enjoying the last laugh. The Administration has convinced itself, and now wants to convince everyone else, that the INF treaty is not just an unprecedented accomplishment by the superpowers acting in concert -- the elimination of an entire class of modern weaponry -- but an unprecedented triumph of American persistence over Soviet intransigence. As Kenneth Adelman, the Perle ally...
...GUESS you're wondering why I called you all here today," I said, not being able to resist the temptation to exercise my rapier-like...
...resist that last slab of sweet pumpkin...
...Gorbachev did not mention Yeltsin by name but criticized officials whose management decisions "bring society to a fever" and "unnerve people" -- charges that were leveled by many against the abrasive Moscow party chief during the meeting that preceded his downfall. Gorbachev also threatened to "part company" with those who resist his perestroika (restructuring) program, a not so subtle threat to punish opponents of his policies in the party...