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...Soviet p.r. offensive was actually launched by the late leader Leonid Brezhnev. But his heavy-handed attempts to scare Europe into abandoning deployment of American intermediate-range missiles only succeeded in fostering greater NATO coherence and determination. The new Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, has shown a lighter touch. He has skillfully postured as peacemaker and portrayed the Americans as warmongers. His appointments also reflect a preoccupation with p.r.: new Propaganda Chief Alexander Yakovlev became thoroughly familiar with Western ways during ten years as Ambassador to Canada, and new Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze is an ebullient backslapper...
...interested in having peace and being sure that peace would be kept stable and lasting." In an ironic twist, the President found himself trying to explain away a gaffe by his top aide. Regan, he said, merely meant that wives "also had an interest in children and a human touch"--a comment not likely to dispel the controversy. --By David Beckwith. Reported by Barrett Seaman and Adam Zagorin/Geneva
...Pollard case may affect America's special relationship with Israel, which is already privy to many U.S. military secrets. "We are shocked and saddened that something like this might occur," said State Department Spokes man Charles Redman. "We have been in touch with the Israelis to try to get to the bottom of this." In Tel Aviv, a Foreign Ministry spokesman denied all knowledge of the matter...
...sophomore year at Marshall University in Huntington, W. Va., Gibson worked in various cities while her husband James was building his career in sales. In 1971 she saw her first Limited store in a shopping mall in Columbus. Intrigued by its high-style, affordable fashion approach, she got in touch with Wexner. Says he: "No one had ever called me to talk about my business. She became my assistant with no title and little...
...have been especially good ones for Eppie Lederer, 67. First she celebrated 30 years of dispensing advice on money, love and marriage to 85 million readers each day as Ann Landers. "I cannot imagine a job that could have provided me with more satisfaction or a better opportunity to touch the lives of so many people," she wrote on the anniversary. Then last week the columnist was named (along with two Nobel prizewinners) among five recipients of the 1985 Albert Lasker medical research and public service awards. Mary Lasker, 84, who with her late husband Albert established the prestigious honors...