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...reason for Eastern docility in the face of aggressive Western sales forces is 40 years of communism. "It is hard to imagine what the central command system did to people," says Stahmer. "Too many of them just sit and wait for instructions. They lack initiative and judgment. It's a crash course, but they are learning fast...
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: BEAUTY (Virgin). "Does a rose lose its color in the rain?" Well, maybe the lyrics lose in the translation. The music, by a Japanese master of melodic anagrams, comes through with finesse and eerie command. Guest appearances by Brian Wilson and Robbie Robertson, among others, contribute to the congenial oddness...
...Force officers are already complaining that even the agreed upon START level of 10,000 warheads would leave the U.S. short, with "more targets than weapons available to strike them." General John Chain, commander of the Strategic Air Command, insists that he must have 75 B-2 Stealth bombers, each carrying 16 weapons, to offset the START limit on missile-delivered nukes. "Forty-nine hundred missile-carried warheads," says Chain, "are not enough to destroy the Soviet Union...
...Taking command when sea trials get under way next week will be Michael Stalzer. He used to alternate with former skipper Joseph Hazelwood. The ship's new assignment has nothing to do with blotting out memories of the spill, explained Gus Elmer, president of Exxon Shipping Co. Production from Alaskan oil fields continues to decline, and there is no longer any need for the 987- ft. tanker on the West Coast...
Thought to be indestructible after 34 years in power, this senior Western dictator was ousted by his longtime second-in-command, General Andres Rodriguez. The general now lives on a hilltop in friendly Brazil, though his wife moved to Miami without...