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...attend were Salvadoran President José Napoleón Duarte, Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín and the Sultan of Brunei. Gromyko planned to lead the Soviet delegation. Though it would be undiplomatic of Reagan and Gromyko to talk business at a social event, they will doubtless begin sizing each other up during small talk...
...evangelist's words are likely to be heard by more than those who came to see him; surreptitious cassette recorders will doubtless give his sermons wide distribution among Soviets. Graham also took note of how difficult it is for Soviets to display their faith. In his usual appeal for public commitments to Jesus Christ, he asked his Baptist listeners in Leningrad to raise their hands. Despite the presence of KGB plainclothesmen with cameras, two dozen people did so. A parishioner later explained poignantly why more did not respond: "You Americans live in freedom. Our arms are always pressed down...
...grace notes-sly humor, sheer oddity-are rarely struck. But the story is told in sure-handed fashion, and it is flawlessly paced. Gueret at least is a convincing character, and the author takes an unexpectedly hearty interest in his clumsy pursuit of Mme. Biron. The French critics are doubtless right that this is second-class Sagan, but there is enough here to justify her exploring the low road for once. -By Martha Duffy
...high party officials, as well as country homes outside Moscow. But the government apparently decided to make an example of Sokolov as part of the Kremlin's campaign against corruption, and the store manager was found guilty of accepting bribes. After Yuri Andropov's death, there were doubtless those in the Soviet hierarchy who would have liked to see him spared...
...over the chaos are three transplants-St. Louisans Ed Moose and his wife Mary Etta and New Yorker Sam Dietsch-who shared a goal of "opening a joint, a bar with some food," in Dietsch's words. The food is Italian mezzo frillissimo. Though much convention business will doubtless be conducted around the Square's white-clothed tables, Dietsch declines to use the term power lunch. Says he: "Power lunches are for those who have enough power not to go back to work." The house softball squad, Les Lapins Sauvages, plans to come out of semiperpetual retirement during...