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When Bok was chosen, his job was to conciliate, to forge peace between the University's violently opposed factions. Because Bok succeeded, Rudenstine's job is to manage, to steer what has become a sprawling, multi-billion dollar corporation...
What happens, though, if the forces that have combined to steer Gorbachev toward conservatism at home conspire to revive old thinking abroad? Washington may soon know. Barring a last-minute change, Gorbachev's fourth ambassador to the U.S. in six years will be Deputy Foreign Minister Viktor Komplektov, 59, a fluent English speaker and classic old-school hard-liner. A Carter Administration aide who negotiated a fair amount of SALT II with Komplektov describes him as "having spent many years developing a reputation for calculated nastiness. He was charming enough when it suited his purposes, but across the table...
Clearly, the best hope for our country -- and the best strategy for its leadership -- is to steer a middle course between the extremes. Perhaps not quite so obviously, Mikhail Gorbachev has an opportunity in the wake of the referendum to take advantage of a new phenomenon in our political life: the opposing tendencies now at play tend to balance one another and provide a base for the evolutionary development of democracy...
...libraries and schools; delivering meals to the homebound, assisting the handicapped or cheering the elderly. Want to join Jimmy Carter in building housing for the homeless? Call 800-HABITAT. There's no single national clearinghouse to match volunteers with jobs, but the National Volunteer Center (703-276-0542) can steer you to whichever of its 380 local affiliates is nearest. One area that might be of particular interest to a TIME reader: teaching kids or adults to read. If so, call the Literacy Hotline (800-228-8813) for the number of a local organization that needs your help...
...said he surprised Gurevich with an unconventional opening taken from an obscure Yugoslavian chess publication. "I managed to steer him onto unfamiliar territory," Rao said...