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...Kremlin hierarchy decides a younger man is needed, the strongest contenders are considered to be Mikhail S. Gorbachev, 52. Ronstantin I. Chemenko, an Andropov adversary who has been named to head the temporary caretaker government. The other two names widely mentioned are Mikhail Gorbachev, the youngest Politburo member at 52 years old, and Grigory Romanov, the hard line Leningrad Communist Party chief...
...company will be offering throughout the week "Graduation Ball", "Bach partita," "Miss Julie," "sinatra Suite," "Symphonie Concertante." "The Little Ballet," and tonight's world premiere of "Cinderella" Mikhail Baryshnikov choreographed the last ballet, which promises to be a very interesting performance...
...audience. In fact, three-quarters of the time, the audience either was laughing or snickering. Danilo Radojevic was superb in his characterization of the male lead. He acted and danced, poked fun and tried to be serious without displaying any conscious effort or strain. In past years, Mikhail Baryshnikov has danced this part, but Radojevic added his own spunk and cleverness that equally compare to Baryshnikov's dazzling reputation...
Since Andropov succeeded Brezhnev more than a year ago, he has moved slowly in putting his stamp on the ruling elite, but last week the long-anticipated changes finally began to take shape. Mikhail Solomentsev, 70, a former premier of the Russian Republic, was given a voting position on the Politburo commensurate with his new job on the Party Control Commission. The plenum confirmed the importance of the KGB in inner Kremlin councils by elevating the KGB chief, General Victor Chebrikov, 60, to candidate membership in the Politburo. Yegor Ligachev, 63, a technocrat from Siberia who shares Andropov...
...delegates filed into the vaulted neoclassical chamber of the Great Kremlin Palace, visitors in the gallery kept their eyes fixed on the brightly illuminated podium. Vorotnikov, whose thatch of dark hair sets him apart from his graying and balding comrades, stepped into the second row next to Agricultural Expert Mikhail Gorbachev, 52, and former Leningrad Party Boss Grigori Romanov, 60. Members of the "young guard" in the Kremlin, both have been mentioned as possible successors to Andropov. Silver-haired Konstantin Chernenko, a Brezhnev crony who lost out to Andropov in the succession maneuvering in 1982, took a seat...