Word: vision
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gorbachev's own vision remains that of a Soviet Union that is sufficiently open to be honest about its problems but sufficiently centralized to remain a powerful Leninist state. The trouble is, how many other Soviet citizens share it? The glasnost he unleashed has turned into a dangerous tiger for 280 million people to ride. If Gorbachev offers no realistic alternative to continued Leninism, he may be forced to try caging it once more -- which he probably will -- or to face the dissolution of the "socialist sixth of the earth...
...third time in this century the old order is crumbling in Europe, and the world waits anxiously for a new one to be born. The transition promises to be long, difficult and hazardous. But rarely if ever has the vision of a peaceful and relatively free Europe stretching from the Atlantic to the Urals seemed so palpably within grasp. Thus 1989 is destined to join other dates in history -- 1918 and 1945 -- that schoolchildren are required to remember, another year when an era ended, in this case the 44-year postwar period, which is closing with the rapid unraveling...
...problem, which is characterized by migraine-like symptoms and blurry vision first occurred when MacDonald took a blow to the head while playing high school football for the University School in Milwaukee. It recurred several times during his Harvard career and forced him to miss two games last season...
...weeks ago, while playing in a road game, MacDonald took a particularly rough check into the boards and was forced to sit out the rest of the contest. According to his mother, he had difficulty with his vision for several days afterward, but still returned to the lineup for the team's next two contests...
...Lane suffered his second head injury in as many weeks. A stick to the side of the eye required six stitches, and the related head pain and vision problems have kept him out of the lineup since...