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...over dinner with Novelist Gore Vidal, with whom he has frequently feuded. Ustinov complained that a reporter from Radio Luxembourg woke him at 2 a.m. to ask what Gorbachev was going to say in a speech later that day. Everyone feasted on mounds of fresh strawberries -- a delicacy virtually unheard of in midwinter Moscow...
...Joaquin Valley, which is rich in agriculture. You're working 10-12 hours a day, picking grapes and tree fruit in temperatures that rise above 100 degrees for weeks at a time. You're making minimum wage and workers' benefits like medical insurance and sick-leave are unheard...
...subsequent interviews, Hall denied he was working for the U.S. government but said he was paid $12,500 for his selfproclaimed secret mission and worked for a previously unheard of organization he called the Phoenix Battalion...
Both the admission of misconduct and the public disclosure of punitive action against a ranking KGB officer were virtually unheard-of events. They seemed to indicate that even the elite secret police will not be immune to Mikhail Gorbachev's calls for glasnost, a program of openness aimed at exposing shortcomings and abuses of power in Soviet life. Some analysts speculate that the Kremlin is determined to bring the KGB under control. It will undoubtedly take time, and more disciplinary actions, before KGB agents lose their enthusiasm for trampling on the civil rights of Soviet citizens. But the incident...
Boesky seemed determined to become richer than his father-in-law. His zealousness shocked the arbitrage business, which had been accustomed to small, cautious investments. Boesky frequently bet the ranch, sometimes tens of millions of dollars, on single takeover bids. His gambles usually succeeded, which he attributed to an unheard-of emphasis on doing his homework. He got plenty of help from an army of 100 bustling employees. Once established, Boesky sought to become the goodwill ambassador of the arbitrage trade. Yet he tended to make an uneasy impression with his smile, flashing a set of gleaming teeth...