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...words of Mikhail Gorbachev last week, "a faithful servant of our party and people, a staunch champion of the ideals of Communism." That final tribute to Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was in keeping with the official adulation that enveloped the late Soviet leader during the 13 months that he ruled in the Kremlin. But there was always a hollow ring to the praise...
Since then, the rancor has been aggravated by philosophical differences. Dornan, once dubbed "B-1 Bob," has flown the controversial bomber and is a devoted fan. He also comes down on the Administration's side as a staunch advocate of U.S. support for the anti-Sandinista contras in Nicaragua. Downey calls the B-1 "a flying frying pan" and has repeatedly criticized policies on Nicaragua...
...rush of good-fellowship that has the Soviets packing for Geneva again. Rather, the past year made it plain that their attitude of aggrieved peevishness was getting them nowhere. When the NATO governments were staunch in their determination to install new Pershing II and cruise missiles, the disarmament movement in Europe withered, and with it a good part of Moscow's hopes for forestalling the deployments. The Soviets meanwhile heard increasingly come-hither talk from the President and realized by summer that his re-election was all but certain. "They faced four more years of Ronald Reagan," explains...
...plea for special treatment came from a staunch conservative friend and West European ally, so President Reagan was happy to comply. He made a date in his appointment calendar, and this week the White House will roll out its best red carpet for West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The one-day working visit will be used by Kohl to fill Reagan in on the latest Franco-German efforts to promote West European political unity and on Bonn's views of East-West relations. But that does not fully explain the Chancellor's eagerness to become the first major...
...conduct research in a reasonable environment; students cannot learn and are deprived of staples of social life such as their dining halls. Whatever their views of the union, they all want a settlement. But Yale's repeated rebuffs of the academic comnmunity's pleas for compromise have alienated even staunch conservatives. The school's callous attitude during this last round of negotiations has squelched the hopes of the students who led the three-day boycott of classes to pressure the university back to the table. In those talks, the union demand dropped from a $40 million cumulative raise over...