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Gorbachev's two liberal economic advisers, Stanislav Shatalin and Nikolai Petrakov, who were among the chief architects of the 500-Day Plan, say their handiwork "horrified" and "galvanized" the conservatives and led to a crisis session of the party leadership. According to Shatalin, one of the strongest opponents of his plan was Valentin Pavlov, who was then Finance Minister. It was Pavlov, recently appointed Prime Minister, who last month cast a chill on investors from abroad by accusing Westerners of plotting to flood the Soviet market with billions of rubles, wreck the economy and ultimately overthrow Gorbachev. Two weeks...
This kind of hand-holding does not come cheap. In the middle of a crisis, companies pay consultants anywhere from $50,000 and up, depending on how long and how many people are deployed. A precrisis preparation session costs at least $25,000. Still, says Dezenhall, who has represented such companies as Procter & Gamble, ExxonMobil, Eli Lilly and GE, "the amount of money spent on crisis management is a drop in the bucket compared to what you might lose." Corporations routinely analyze how political risk or interest-rate risk might affect their bottom line. Argenti says the "reputational risk...
...Information about counseling, including a drop-in session tomorrow, was given to the Houses for distribution to students, according to Richard D. Kadison, the chief of Mental Health Services...
...first Republican to tackle Gonzales was Arlen Specter, the committee's ranking minority member, who termed Gonzales' session on Capitol Hill a "reconfirmation hearing." Though Specter started with the charitable tone of voice he reserves for those who he views as foolish but forgivable, Gonzales quickly did two things you never do with the cantankerous senior Senator from Pennsylvania: he both interrupted and challenged him. When Specter was asking Gonzales about conflicts between his opening statement and comments he made at a press conference earlier this year, Specter said, as an aside, that he was sure that Gonzales had prepared...
...Christian Impact group scheduled a prayer session in the Leverett House Junior Common Room for 10 p.m. tonight...