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...shared interest in putting the best face on their meeting. When American and Soviet leaders go to a summit, they are loath to come back with nothing to show after months of mounting expectation. Failure risks disappointing, and perhaps losing, domestic and international constituencies. "The pressure to succeed is enormous," says William Hyland, the editor of Foreign Affairs and, as a former aide to Henry Kissinger, the veteran of numerous summits. "These guys don't want to go into a session like this and then have to explain why it was a mistake." Gorbachev, although he appears to have consolidated...
...international conference center to tell the world what their private fireside summit had produced. Their report was modest. As Gorbachev put it in a brief, formal statement, the talks had failed at "solving of the most important problems concerning the arms race." He cautioned, "If we really want to succeed in something, then both sides are going to have to do an awful lot of work." Nonetheless, Reagan declared, U.S.-Soviet relationships had been given "a fresh start." Indeed, the two men, while avoiding false optimism, managed to project sincere goodwill as they smiled and grasped hands...
...activists succeed, they might not have to. The visitors at the graveside included leaders of Beijing environmental groups, reporters from national newspapers and a film crew. Together they make up a loose network opposed to what they consider the devastation of natural resources in a part of the country where snowmelt from the Himalayas irrigates rivers throughout China and Southeast Asia. Already the network has helped delay approval of two impoundments on the upper Yangtze and Salween rivers. Yet in taking on state-run companies and political interests, the environmentalists face daunting odds. Says activist Xue Ye of the Beijing...
...largest Arab communities, where an estimated 25,000 Islamic residents pursue an uneasy assimilation into secular, suburban life. The school's goal is to give its students such a solid grounding in their religion and education that they will be able to go forth and succeed in mainstream American life without compromising their values. "Proud to be Muslim, proud to be American," says Safaa Zarzour, vice chairman of the school's board and its former principal...
...administrators succeed in creating more opportunities for freshmen to be advised by faculty members, the role of proctors could change dramatically...