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...better not rule it out forever. That would probably be as much flexibility as the U.S. or the Arabs are likely to get out of this Israeli leader. But it might be enough to restart the diplomatic process; and perhaps that process will continue long enough for other Israeli statesmen to decide where it finally leads...
Building on Gorbachev's unilateral cuts, the CFE talks could further lessen the likelihood that the Kremlin's hordes will ever invade Western Europe. With that reassurance, American and allied statesmen can turn their attention to the much more immediate danger of political turmoil and military crisis inside Eastern Europe...
...ahead, which optimists say will last at least two years, both sides showed a rare eagerness to make these talks succeed. If a pragmatic tone distinguished their formal speeches, a private meeting between Baker and Shevardnadze at the official residence of U.S. Ambassador Henry Grunwald plainly left the two statesmen in high spirits. "My impression is that both sides are willing to cooperate," Shevardnadze said enthusiastically. A relieved Baker said, "The proposal ((the Soviets)) advanced was really remarkably close to the NATO proposal . . . ((we're)) off to a pretty good start...
...video cameras and tape recorders grind, Welliver and the champs back up and take another crack at Kathleen. This time the melody sparkles. Welliver, after all, is no tyro. He has been singing tenor in the Omaha Central Statesmen Chorus for 14 years. But like most of the 6,500 barbershoppers here, he will admit, he isn't quite competition caliber. The bystanders applaud, and Welliver hustles off, tightly clutching for posterity the two-minute videotape of his gig. "This," he confides, "is something you dream about all your life...
...about allowing political pluralism to creep into the reform program, especially any pluralism that might lead to a reborn Solidarity. Actually, Walesa and other union leaders became involved less as an overtly political force, which they ceased to be after the union was banned in 1981, than as elder statesmen. But even that presence was too much for Poland's Communist leadership. Charging that Solidarity sought only to "evoke crisis and a confrontation," Government Spokesman Jerzy Urban vowed that the regime "had not, does not and will not talk" with union leaders...