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...Joffrey, never a company in robust financial health, turned naturally to the work of the late John Cranko because the Joffrey had success when it staged his Taming of the Shrew. Similarly, A.B.T. went to MacMillan, who signed on five months ago as "artistic associate" to Artistic Director Mikhail Baryshnikov. Each organization claimed ignorance of the other's plans until it was too late to change them. The result is that audiences in Washington, Los Angeles and New York City will have their choice of Romeos between now and May and that nationwide there will be several opportunities...
...months Moscow has conducted a deft propaganda campaign of mir i druzhba--peace and friendship--designed to put the onus on the U.S. to avoid what the Soviets call the militarization of space. "It is especially important to avoid the transfer of the arms race to outer space," warned Mikhail Gorbachev, the Kremlin's No. 2 man, in talks with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. "If it is not done, then it would be unreal to hope to stop the nuclear arms race." Recognizing that Britain and other allies are leery of Star Wars, Gorbachev hoped to exploit their misgivings...
President Konstantin Chernenko, 73, was conspicuously absent from the funeral ceremonies; his doctors had apparently advised him to stay out of the cold. Later in the week he made an appearance at a Kremlin awards ceremony. In his absence Politburo Member Mikhail Gorbachev, 53, and Romanov, the most likely candidates from the younger generation to succeed to Chernenko's party- leadership job, were prominent at the ceremonies. Even without the ministerial title, Romanov may prove to be a decisive figure in allocating military expenditures and could emerge as stiff competition to Gorbachev, now believed to be the front runner...
...Moscow. The match had been scheduled for Friday evening at the House of Trade Unions, the hall where Soviet dignitaries traditionally lie in state. Questioned by a Western reporter, an elderly door attendant angrily said that Ustinov had died. Official confirmation came several hours later from Politburo Member Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended his trip to Britain a day early in order to return to Moscow. "We have had a great and tragic loss," Gorbachev explained before leaving Edinburgh. "Marshal Ustinov, our old friend and comrade-in-arms, has passed away...
Even before Mikhail Gorbachev, 53, the fast-rising heir apparent in the Kremlin, touched down last Saturday at London's Heathrow Airport, British officials were busy trying to downplay the importance of his eight-day official visit. The British feared that the trip would focus too much Western attention on his status as the most likely successor to Soviet Leader Konstantin Chernenko. That in turn might weaken Gorbachev's chances and strengthen those of his chief rival for the job, Grigori Romanov, 61, a fellow Politburo member widely considered to be a dogmatic hardliner. Nonetheless, Prime Minister Margaret...