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...open, Western-style image making that he and his Kremlin advisers are striving to cultivate. Even so, he projected himself as an impressive, energetic figure whose pursuit of traditional Soviet goals is at least as dogged as that of any of his predecessors. Said a French foreign policy specialist: "What it confirms about Gorbachev is his ability and his political sense, but also his traditionalism in ultimately defending Soviet interests...
Richard Hackman, a specialist in organizational behavior, would fill a tenured opening left by Professor of Social Relations Robert F. Bales, who has moved into semi-retirement because of poor health...
...Israel does not look kindly on pressure to release prisoners. Chances are nil that this will be successful," said Lisa Anderson, assistant professor of government and a specialist in Middle Eastern politics...
Along similar lines, Assistant Professor of History Zachary Lockman, a specialist in modern Middle Eastern history, said that the Palestinian Liberation Front "wants to undermine Yassir Arafat by attacking Italy, a country with which the Arafat faction has had good relations...
...stop fidgets, many exercisers have the fitness flitters, endlessly switching from one activity to another. "If people begin to exercise because it's a fad or start up with something that is not convenient, they just won't stick with it," notes Dr. Joan Ullyot, a San Francisco specialist in sports medicine...