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Within the U.S.S.R. many powerful figures who wound up opposing the coup were initially noncommittal, stayed conspicuously out of sight or played highly ambiguous roles. Alexander Dzasokhov, a secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party, tried to paint the party as a resolute opponent of the conspirators. "From the very beginning of the coup," he said, the committee secretariat "kept trying to get in touch with the state Emergency Committee and demanded that they see Gorbachev." In fact, though, Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of Kazakhstan, says the Central Committee on Monday secretly urged local party organizations to support...
...blues riffs that Whitley lays down, this may be what unites the work of this burgeoning group, even as the mainstream comes within hailing distance. There is nothing refined or settled in any of this music. Look elsewhere for something that placates. Every one of these songs is a wound that goes unhealed, a question that stays open...
...wound through the canyons southwest of Mount Shasta, 60 miles below the Oregon border, the Sacramento River was a babbling stream, rugged enough to attract kayakers, yet so pristine that it supported a thriving population of blue-ribbon trout. Each year the 45-mile stretch of river lured thousands of anglers and tourists, drawn by the bucolic setting and the reputation of its native rainbows and browns...
Negotiations wound up quickly last week after Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney announced that the U.S. was no longer interested in Clark because it would cost too much to repair the damage done by the volcano. The next day Manila agreed to a 10-year extension of the American lease on Subic Bay for an annual payment of $203 million, beginning...
...revered sheik wound up at the center of a global scam...