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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This evolution of American official attitudes has been subtle and uneven. It has been couched in caveats, often obscured by ambivalence and articulated, sometimes inarticulately, by a Chief Executive who has no flair for geopolitical grand rhetoric and has a tendency to step on his applause lines. Still, the change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: The Road to Malta | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

Gorbachev's mounting troubles have had an ambiguous effect on the thinking of the Bush Administration. The set of questions that drives U.S. policy has gone from "Is Gorbachev for real? And is he good for us?" to "Can he make it? And can we help him?" There is far...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: The Road to Malta | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

Thus, in one curious and ironic respect, the Administration is back to square one. It has traded its skepticism about Gorbachev's intentions for pessimism about his chances. That leaves the Administration, at least in its own eyes, still stuck with a dilemma about what prudent American policy should be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: The Road to Malta | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

Bradley, who is under investigation by state and federal agencies for possible conflict-of-interest and insider-trading violations, pledged to work for passage of the code by the city council. But that body is writing its own ethics rules and is said to be lukewarm toward the recommendations. Even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: Where Angelenos Fear to Tread | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

A guy walks into a Moscow bar and orders a beer. "One ruble," says the bartender. "What?" the man protests. "Last week it cost only 50 kopecks!"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winter's Bitter Wind | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

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