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...Washington to address a joint session of Congress that will be televised to a waiting nation. Mikhail Gorbachev will be getting ready to head back to the halls of the Kremlin, where he will weigh his impressions of the American leader. Soviet officials, newly savvy about influencing public opinion, and American officials, veterans in the art, will be struggling to put the proper spin on what took place in the first encounter between their two leaders--just as these officials spent the previous week trying to manipulate the expectations. After the 3,000 journalists who converged on Geneva file their...
...private, the Colombian government showed far more concern about the situation. In the second half of October it invited a group of Italian volcanologists to visit Colombia. Their task: to give an opinion on the danger posed by Nevado del Ruiz. The team's conclusions were alarming. Said Franco Barberi, a professor of volcanology at the University of Pisa: "The volcano has certainly not finished its activity. Actually, the worst may be yet to come." On Oct. 22, the Italians submitted a report to the Colombian government warning that an "extremely dangerous" eruption could be expected at any time. They...
Most doctors endorse home tests as monitoring tools but warn they should not be used without periodic office checkups. A report by Research & Forecasts, an opinion-survey firm, on blood-pressure monitors showed that 75% of doctors surveyed thought such units would aid in the fight against hypertension. Says John Ballin, director of drugs and technology for the American Medical Association: "The medical profession applauds these products as a positive step in preventive medicine...
...says dryly, "it is always easier to voice criticism to a cardinal than to a Pope." The Pontiff does not necessarily share all of Ratzinger's views. During an August plane trip returning from Africa, John Paul told reporters that Ratzinger's plea for reconstruction is "his personal opinion ... However, it must not be interpreted in the sense that the council has caused damage to the church...
...government's approach to China has strong public support. Australians see China as an opportunity, not a threat. According to a recent opinion poll conducted by the Lowy Institute, the potential trade agreement with China has more support than the existing one with the U.S. And China's growing power was seen as a less worrying threat to Australia than any of the other nine options listed. Any remnants of Australia's historical panics about the threat from the north - the "yellow peril" - seem to have been consigned to a chest in the national attic...