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...from some of his sharpest critics, who confessed that in this case at least he was not the headstrong hawk they had so long feared. Reagan's image as a statesman was further burnished last week by Moscow's agreement to a summit conference between him and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev, to be held Nov. 19 and 20 in Geneva (see WORLD). But the President also faces the equally daunting though less heroic task of putting his clout to work internationally and domestically before the glow from the return of the hostages dissipates, as White House aides acknowledge it probably...
...that he has consolidated his power, Mikhail Gorbachev is feeling confident enough to meet with Ronald Reagan at a Geneva summit in November. But last week's announcement was downplayed in both Moscow and Washington. In the past, the problem with summitry has been that it raised expectations to unrealistic heights. This time the problem is the opposite: the Reagan- Gorbachev meeting raises questions of why the two leaders are bothering to get together...
...just eleven years ago that Mikhail Baryshnikov slipped away from a touring troupe of Soviet dancers in Canada for a new life in the West. He was instantly acclaimed as a once-in-a-lifetime performer of genius. Who could miss his radiant classicism, his ardent romantic style, his deportment as a diffident young god? Never presenting himself on- or off-stage as "a star," he had a solitary air that his huge blue eyes only underscored. In fact he was starting out with only schoolboy French, no English, no clear idea of where to settle or which dance company...
...made a deal to buy seven television stations in the U.S., announced in May that he would become a U.S. citizen. The roster of Soviet immigrants includes not only the black-garbed babushkas huddled over their knitting in Brooklyn's Little Odessa but such artists as Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Mikhail Baryshnikov...
Assad, moreover, may have acted at the urging of the Soviets. During Assad's visit to Moscow two weeks ago, Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev reportedly emphasized to him that the U.S.S.R. disapproves of hijacking and would like to see the Beirut crisis ended. The Soviets, who criticized the U.S. for massing a task force of its Sixth Fleet off Lebanon's shores, might have been concerned that Washington could be provoked into seeking a military solution that would embroil Syria...