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Soviet television, remarkably, did not censor any of the prickly questions and answers from its domestic broadcast. That may have been a signal, however, that Gorbachev intends to be as tough as his predecessors on human rights issues. Despite its audience of 7 million, Gorbachev's interview ran second in the French ratings to a showing of The Burned Barns, a film starring Alain Delon and the late Simone Signoret (see MILESTONES...
...Botha proposed the same formula in Durban on Aug. 15, when he initiated his series of party-congress speeches, it might have been read both at home and abroad as a signal that he was prepared to negotiate meaningful changes in his country's system of apartheid. At the time, prominent South African officials had put out the word that Botha planned to announce a package of unprecedented reforms, and expectations were high. Instead of demonstrating flexibility, however, Botha delivered a finger-wagging sermon that warned foreign governments not to "push us too far." His intransigence only hardened demands...
...Psychology and Social Relations Department and the Business School are trying to lure a Yale social psychologist to a joint lifetime post, a step that could signal a long-term expansion of their one-year-old joint degree program...
Interest in the organizational behavior led the Psychology and Social Relations Department to begin a joint Ph.D.-M.B.A. program with the B-School one year ago, Hackman's appointment could signal the first of several appointments to expand the field, said department Chairman Sheldon H. White...
...which they were being constructed, he complained to Polish authorities and resigned after his plea was ignored. Judge Andrzej Przybielski accused the Register of Shipping of "glaring negligence" in allowing the vessel to be built with faulty and substandard steel. He also cited an inoperative emergency radio, faulty signal flares and the crew's lack of familiarity with other safety equipment. But Przybielski did not call for the criminal prosecution of those responsible. That prompted angry relatives of the dead seamen to appeal to Poland's Maritime Supreme Court. The Busko Zdroj case is likely to be heard there next...