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Such adolescent angst was, of course, ludicrous. Every life has its disappointments; rejection by the college of your choice is probably more serious than not finding a date for the prom and less grievous than your mother throwing out a collection of 1950s baseball cards. Even then I was aware that my safety school was far better than most. So I stoically trudged off to the University of Michigan, a college that seemed majestically impervious to the damaged goods it was receiving. Michigan more than fulfilled its part of the bargain; the lingering gaps in my education (the inability...
Washington and Moscow still work hard at maintaining up-to-date inventories of each other's arsenals, but that job is already done by satellites and computers. Meanwhile, both sides are hungrier for information in areas that require human analysis and hands-on, close-up espionage. "If anything," says CIA Director William Webster, "the changes introduced by Gorbachev make it more important for the Soviets to get intelligence on key foreign policy matters, congressional intentions, defense and advanced technology." As for the U.S., it will need as much information as possible on the players in the unpredictable dramas of Central...
...Date: April...
...superpowers set an early date for a Bush-Gorbachev meeting, dispelling any question that the Lithuania crisis might derail the get-together. -- Before departing for Washington last week, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze spoke to TIME...
...wines date from the 1830s to 1945, and 62 bottles still display a twin- headed-eagle seal. A Swiss buyer paid a record $12,705 for three bottles of 1891 port. Why did Moscow dispose of the vintage hoard? It needs the hard currency...