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Gorbachev's refrain of glasnost and perestroika also raises the specter of another Russian word, peredyshka, the old Leninist notion of seeking a "breathing space" by making temporary accommodations so that the revolution can eventually roar forward with renewed zeal...
After that happened, such a roar went up at the weekly demonstrations in Theater Square that authorities were forced to restage the election. This time Stamboltsyan won with an astonishing 98% of the votes. This week he is scheduled to take his seat as the first acknowledged radical in the Armenian supreme soviet...
...mouse had suddenly decided to roar at a bear. The day after the session, the bear growled back. TASS announced that the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., the national legislature, considered the Estonian decisions "at variance with the provisions of the current constitution of the U.S.S.R." The Presidium declared that it would consider the issue at its next meeting and "invited" Estonian representatives to be present...
...Kulases joined millions of angry fellow travelers earlier this month in a consumer revolt that could roar out of California like a muscle car. By a 51%-to-49% count, the voters approved Proposition 103, which will slash insurance rates to 20% below November 1987 levels. Good drivers will get yet another 20% off. Although the vote covered all types of property and casualty insurance, the auto-premium cuts were the heart of the measure. The most breathless of its proponents expect its impact to rival that of Proposition 13, the 1978 California initiative that set off a coast...
...roar of more than 10,000 cheering voices vibrated in the air as the train pulled into view of Gujranwala, a farming and industrial center in the northeast state of Punjab. Red-black-and-green banners embossed with the arrow of the Pakistan People's Party (P.P.P.) fluttered overhead. The chant "Benazir, Prime Minister!" crescendoed as Benazir Bhutto, 35, stepped onto the platform. Holding high the party's manifesto, the candidate declared, "You have a chance to decide the future. Vote for the arrow aimed at the heart of injustice...