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Dates: during 1980-1989
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A. Well, I wouldn't be human if I didn't confess to a certain amount of ego gratification. When I stood in front of the foreign policy establishment in the Soviet Union and was given a generally empathetic reception, I had a sense of, if you will, historical vindication...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI : Vindication Of a Hard-Liner: | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

A. I can imagine a Soviet intervention in East Germany, where the Soviets have a lot of troops on the ground and therefore on the spot. If the East German Communist regime were to collapse through violence and if the Soviets were to remain passive, then the whole thing would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI : Vindication Of a Hard-Liner: | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Before the ominous S&L predictions had a chance to sink in, alarms were going off about other potentially monumental crises. A report by Budget Director Richard Darman warned that careless management at such agencies as the Veterans Administration and the Department of Energy may have allowed scandals rivaling the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warning: Further - and Maybe Bigger - Federal Bailouts Ahead | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Two outcomes were possible, Migranyan suggested: Gorbachev might become more authoritarian, "crushing all obstacles and imposing economic reforms," or a conservative regime might emerge that would jettison him along with his political and social reforms, even while seeking to modernize the economy. With Gorbachev's room for maneuver shrinking, Migranyan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What The Future Holds | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Admitting that it was relatively easy to change the constitution and restore democracy in a small country like Hungary, Jeszenszky said the economic challenge faced by East European nations was formidable but not impossible. "Miracles cannot be expected," he warned, with specific reference to Poland. Nonetheless, he urged the creation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What The Future Holds | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

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