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...would be lost by showing more care. For the same reasons we have a "winter break" rather than a "Christmas holiday," the request that there not be a mindless 1950s dinner seems reasonable. Symbols do matter, if only because people take them seriously, need them to prove that their worst fears are merely that...
...distrust will not soon dissipate. For each victory is seen in terms of a power dynamic, not as part of a moral conversion. Thus each victory is hollow and only makes the desire for victory the next time greater. In each win, there seems only the confirmation of the worst fears of the accuser. The change is on the surface, but the real demand is for a change of heart...
...other indicators, mostly of the Soviet domestic variety, stock in Gorby Inc. is in a tailspin. Most devastating was the news last week that the 1988 Soviet grain harvest ranked as the worst in three years. Despite desperate efforts to reform agriculture, the harvest came in 16 million tons below the previous year and 40 million tons below 1988 targets. Pravda, meanwhile, reported that the Soviet crime rate climbed nearly 17% in the past year, and attributed the rise partly to corruption spawned by new economic freedoms...
...There are a lot of indications that Gorbachev is losing his grip." In New York City speculation swirled in the corridors of the United Nations. "Is it possible that Gorbachev has reached the crucible?" asked a West German Kremlinologist. "Yes it is." Even a senior Soviet diplomat admitted, "The worst could happen, and it could come soon." Yet for all the jittery expressions of concern, officials in Bonn, Paris and London roundly dismissed any talk of burying Gorbachev prematurely. In Washington officials contended that the rumors had been fanned by the East Germans and Czechs, and resulted from wishful thinking...
Another problem is that Hirsch strays from his proposed selection method of avoiding general or expert information. In his chapter on the Conventions of Written English, undoubtedly the worst in the volume, he includes entries like...