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...another, and government criticism even pushed some to suicide. Since the massacre in Tiananmen, the government has lost its ability to control people merely through fear, MacFarquhar says. "They're going through the motions only because they don't want to be sent away to spend a nasty spell in prison," he explains...
...NATO makes Gorbachev the odd man out. After meeting with Gorbachev in Moscow last week, East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere said that, despite Moscow's objections, his country would be interested in joining NATO, albeit one with a changed "structure and strategy." De Maiziere did not spell out what changes he had in mind, but West Germany is confident the East Germans will follow Bonn's lead...
...pressure Bush into showing displeasure with Moscow's tactics. By a 416-to-3 vote, the House passed a non-binding resolution urging the President to recognize an independent Lithuania "at the earliest possible time." Meanwhile, 31 Senators sent a letter to the White House calling on Bush to spell out U.S. responses -- from trade sanctions to cancellation of the summit -- if the Soviets took further measures against Lithuania...
Lynch seems confident that viewers will catch on. "These shows should cast a spell," he says. "It's sort of a nutty thing, but I feel a lot of enjoyment watching the show. It pulls me into this other world that I don't know about." Well, if he doesn't know about it, what are we outsiders to do? Nothing but sit back and succumb to the spell...
...departure of all foreign troops over several years. Bonn is willing to accept most of those requirements in the interest of unification, but has not agreed to the withdrawal of allied troops. If it does, and the last 195,000 Americans from the Central Front go home, it could spell the end of NATO...