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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...national committeeman from Michigan, was narrowly confirmed last month as Ambassador to Italy despite press reports alleging frequent profanity and crude behavior toward women. Before arriving in Rome, he endeared himself to his future hosts by joking that the new Italian navy boasts glass-bottom boats "so they can see the old Italian navy...
...matter how pleased Gorbachev may be to see a political awakening among the indifferent Soviet citizens, he must recognize that some of their economic demands are potentially threatening. In addition to their attacks on the bureaucracy, the strikers are demanding better food and housing and more consumer goods. The government has responded by flying in tons of supplies as a palliative, setting a costly and hazardous precedent. Most of the Soviet population eats poorly and lives in inferior housing. If workers everywhere rise up and demand more and better, the system's stability could be endangered...
...moment, though, U.S. exports are moving erratically. During the first four months of the year, America's overseas sales grew at a healthy 15% annual rate, but fell 0.9%, to $30.5 billion, in May. Those who predict a soft landing see the one-month reversal as only a temporary setback; others are more troubled. Says Allen Sinai, chief economist of the Boston Co. Economic Advisors: "The trade-deficit report is yet another sign of the potential for a recession sometime within the next six to nine months...
...doctors been able to do so much for their patients, and rarely have patients seemed so ungrateful. Today's doctors must contend with ever changing technology, ever threatening lawsuits and a medical-industrial complex second-guessing their every decision. No wonder they often feel as sick as their patients. See LIVING...
...raves at the U.S. Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and then won the top prize at Cannes, Soderbergh was apprehensive. "I thought the film would seem too European for an American audience," he says, "and too dialogue heavy to translate in Europe. I figured ten people would go see it four times, and that would be that." Reiner, a man Ephron describes as being "very fond of his depressions," dared to commit some small optimism on his happy set. As Meg Ryan recalls, "Rob said, 'Wouldn't it be amazing to have this kind of experience, make a great...