Word: harriman
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American experts find such revisionism a dramatic development. With establishment journals publishing criticism of Lenin, says Dimitri Simes of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, "nothing about Communism is sacred any longer in the Soviet Union." Robert Legvold, director of Columbia University's Harriman Institute, does not expect Lenin to go from icon to archvillain. "Lenin will be given an honorary place in Soviet history as the founder of the country," says he. "Yet, just as U.S. historians can show the warts of George Washington, Soviet historians will be able to do the same with Lenin...
...under the INF treaty signed in 1987. As the Soviets and their allies disentangle themselves from conflicts in Namibia and Cambodia, they are making diplomatic inroads in the Middle East and China. "Shevardnadze has mastered the foreign policy agenda," says Robert Legvold, director of Columbia University's W. Averell Harriman Institute of Soviet Affairs. "He is of a similar creative mind as Gorbachev, not simply his tool...
...preach, the amazing thing about perestroika is not that the Soviets are doing it well but that they are doing it at all. "We so quickly and lightly overlook the remarkable existence of perestroika and focus on the obstacles," says Robert Legvold, director of Columbia University's Averell Harriman Institute, "that we underestimate the significance of the fact that it has begun at all." Whatever happens, and whatever course it finally takes, the Gorbachev revolution has already become one of the greatest dramas and most momentous events of the second half of the 20th century...
...announced he would not run for re-election. In the same month, whispers spread of a horrifying massacre of civilians carried out by U.S. troops at a hamlet called My Lai. In May, North Vietnamese representatives landed in Paris to start talks -- seemingly endless talks -- with U.S. delegate Averell Harriman. In June, the Marines were told to abandon Khe Sanh. The U.S. high command had decided it was no longer a vital outpost...
...fast, ma'am. Bespangled, bejeweled Pamela Harriman approached one of the security metal detectors outside the Omni. She confidently strode through the narrow archway. Buzzzz. Off came the tasteful gold necklace. Try again. Buzzz. Off came the tasteful gold earrings. Try again. Buzz. Catcalls rose from the restless crowd of more than a hundred waiting to get in. Finally, she took off her tasteful gold belt and marched through, chin held high. The crowd cheered...