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Victor Afanasyev and Vladislav Starkov are both journalists, but they're unlikely ever to share a byline. As editor of the gray-tinged daily Pravda, Afanasyev, 66, has been less than eager to rush into print any of the startling revelations or investigative spadework that has become the hallmark of glasnost. On the other hand, Starkov, 50, oversees the weekly tabloid Argumenty i Fakty, whose sharp prose and readers' letters more often than not dwell on the changes sweeping the country, and helped make the paper the most widely read in the Soviet Union. Yet last week both men faced...
...expect bad news; don't let it shake your people; use it as a tool to motivate supporters. When Bush canvassers identified a couple with children away at college, they made sure the students received absentee ballots. "We took this seriously," said Sununu matter-of-factly. "We did some spadework here...
...signs of political turmoil that could be fanned into "wars of national liberation." It is difficult to determine how critical a role KGB intelligence plays when the Politburo decides which rival political faction to back in a regional conflict. But it may have been because of such careful spadework that the Kremlin was able early on to examine Angola's struggle for independence and predict the winner, a nationalist group called the MPLA...
...preppie-looking Trible, 35, is a conservative comer with deep roots in the state. He put in two years' worth of dogged spadework to guarantee himself the Republican senatorial nomination. His perseverance paid off; when Byrd bowed out, Trible swept in as the party's top choice...
Logistical preparations for these spectaculars were almost as complex, and delicate, as the substantive spadework for the summits. "Listen, tell the Queen to go off to the left a bit," insisted one American as a group of photographers and palace aides discussed possible camera angles for the ride through Windsor's 1,800 acres by the two famous equestrians. "One does not tell the Queen anything," replied a palace aide tartly. A White House advanceman had a request on behalf of National Security Adviser William Clark, who will be among Reagan's total retinue of about 300. "Judge...