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...teeth." Coming from the notoriously dour Andrei Gromyko, it was a revealing endorsement. To combat the image of decrepitude generated by a succession of Red Square funerals, the Kremlin knew it needed someone youthful and vigorous, To compete effectively in the arena of international public opinion, and particularly to vie with Ronald Reagan, it required its own Great Communicator, with a commanding presence on the podium, strong eye contact at the bargaining table, and a nice smile for the camera. That man was Mikhail Gorbachev, 54, the youngest member of the Politburo...
Journalists vie for a shuttle berth as a Florida Congressman finally comes down and a New Hampshire teacher prepares...
Meanwhile, ABC, the chief beneficiary of make-a-wish TV, will rub that lamp several more times. On The Scholar (Mondays, 8 p.m. E.T.), 10 honor students vie for a college scholarship worth as much as $240,000. On this summer's inspirationally themed Brat Camp, troubled kids have their lives turned around by counseling. And for viewers who like to see heartstrings tugged literally as well as metaphorically, next season The Miracle Workers will give away medical care. A man gets treatment for severe tics so he can hold his baby again; a boy gets cochlear implants to hear...
After reading his column, third-year law student Tammy Pettinato said she was “horrified.” “The Vie Society doesn’t just hail the end of HLS feminism—it dances on its grave in spike-heeled shoes,” she wrote in an e-mail...
...Vie Society,’ by the way, wasn’t the group’s first choice for a name, but ‘Aspiring Trophy Wives Association’ was deemed too hard for future members to pronounce,” Hicks wrote...