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Despite the decision to turn Zakharov loose, the incident has underlined Washington's determination to reduce the Soviets' swollen diplomatic missions to the U.S. and the United Nations. The Soviets have some 320 diplomatic and consular postings in the U.S. and more than 200 employees like Zakharov in their missions to the U.N. The FBI estimates that 35% of these Soviets are intelligence officers. The U.S. has just 130 people in its mission to the U.N., and the Reagan Administration has told Moscow to reduce its U.N. missions to 177 employees by April 1, 1988. At its embassy in Moscow...
...past few weeks Ford has engineered a sharp sales upturn, thanks partly to the sudden popularity of its futuristically styled Taurus and Sable vehicles. But GM has a troublesome surplus of more than 1 million unsold 1986-model cars and trucks. In a bid to shrink its swollen inventory, GM late last week postponed the roll-out of its 1987 models, from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, and announced some dramatic come-ons. The automaker will offer customers a choice of two new incentives: new-car loans at rates as low as 2.9%, or rebates ranging from...
...error to suppose that other people can have nothing interesting to say." At another, while dining in a Parisian cafe with his fourth wife, Elena, he sees himself in a wall mirror and "was horrified at the contrast between my big-bellied person and my red and swollen face, with a not too pleasant expression about the eyes and the mouth, and Elena's exquisite slimness and delicacy...
...coffers of Japanese banks have become swollen because of their country's huge trade surplus, which this year is expected to reach a record $56 billion. The banks have no way of investing all that money domestically. Moreover, they are eagerly expanding abroad because they have more freedom from government regulation on foreign shores than at home. Partly for that reason, they have invested about 25% of their assets overseas...
...flighty dad and John Wood as a nightmare Alistair Cooke. Generous and precise, Nichols shoots many scenes in long takes, observing the characters like a decorous dinner guest. Always alert to gestural cinema, he takes his time following the tentative caress of a friend's hand on Rachel's swollen belly, or a mother's joy and responsibility as she leads her little daughter up the steps of a plane...