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...U.S.S.R. for ten days of interviews with Soviet officials and other citizens. It was Isaacson's first visit. "The people we met were as fascinated by the topic as we were," says Isaacson, co-author of a recent book on the beginnings of the cold war, The Wise Men (Simon & Schuster; $22.95). "Before we could pose our questions, they were asking us, 'Can Gorbachev succeed? What do you think will happen...
...enough to get out the unseasonable Christmas lights and have a party. The other two boys soon grow uncomfortable in the competitive world, and a sister concludes that her parents and siblings are "like . . . a family of elves . . . If one leaves, none of the rest of us grow up." Wise child. The children's fatal interdependence provides the subject of this piercing first novel. Author Robert Boswell smoothly oscillates from third to first person, giving the principals a chance to confess and dream. The voices are wholly convincing, and Boswell's apercus provide psychological criticism, as when Edward unconsciously utters...
...things . . . and costly too"; he seeks a wider world and a new language. Some fish in the Sargasso, not true swimmers, need its twisted mass for support; Andrew must trust that he is "lost in the weeds, but swimming." McPherson allows a few jarring coincidences to intrude, but his wise story of longing and limitations shows the disturbances that lie close beneath reflecting surfaces...
...particularly in intelligence areas, frequently trigger a constitutional debate about power. No matter what the truth of the accusations, the man in the Oval Office must always take time out to answer them. The imperatives of media politics have required Chief Executives to yield more ground than they considered wise or necessary...
...establish and maintain a sense among Harvard workers that their union will be a friend and supporter, HUCTW leaders say that the union must maintain its own autonomy despite its national backing. They add that AFSCME has been wise not to meddle excessively in the local operation...