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...presentation." Just so no one gets too comfy with what to expect of Gift, he has signed up to do a production of Romeo and Juliet later this year in the north of England, and is reading the script for a part in a Sylvester Stallone movie. "I've been asked," Gift reports, "to play one of his muscles." He smiles. Sure, he'll give it a go. And maybe be good at it too. There may be a sufficiency of talent, but there is certainly no time to talk...
Cavazos' boosters say his determination to forge agreement rather than dictate policy has been misinterpreted as a sign of weakness. "Cavazos has brought a willingness to listen and a less combative tone than we've had in the past," says Wilmer Cody, Louisiana's superintendent of education. "It's a style that's needed right now." Specifically, Cavazos acted to change a much criticized policy on federal student-loan defaults, projected to reach $1.8 billion this year. Bennett had made the draconian proposal to bar all schools with default rates of 20% or higher from participating in the program...
...Gorbachev has now offered to reduce the Warsaw Pact's conventional forces essentially to parity with NATO's. Isn't that what we've always wanted...
While it's true that the Soviets have more short-range nuclear weapons -- and that they've modernized their short-range missiles while we are still relying on our old Lance, we nevertheless have a sufficient capability to create that crucial uncertainty in their mind regarding a war's outcome. I don't want to risk a run to zero by opening up a negotiation in the current climate...
...changed to keep as much distance as possible between the guest and the million Chinese cheering his policies of openness and democratization. When the relaxed and smiling Soviet leader finally made his appearance at 7:30 p.m., he was asked about the demonstrations paralyzing the Chinese capital. "I've seen the students," said a bemused Gorbachev. "But perhaps not as many as you have...