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The Soviet leader with the best chance of succeeding Premier Nikolai Tikhonov, who turns 80 in May, may well be Vorotnikov, in part because it is a logical step upward from his current position as premier of the Russian Republic. Like Gorbachev, he was a protege of Andropov, who apparently...
President Yuri Andropov, too, was hospitalized for the final six months of his tenure. There was no inkling during that time that Chernenko, a member of the Politburo old guard who had already been passed over once for the leadership, would emerge as the next choice. Many senior diplomats in...
The two Republicans who won bids to a second term, both as expected, were Indiana's Robert D. Orr, 66, and New Hampshire's John H. Sununu, 45. In Delaware, retiring Pierre S. du Font's G.O.P. seat passed to a protege, Lieutenant Governor Michael N. Castle...
For Ronald Reagan, the genial former actor who came to personify populist conservative appeal, it was the final week of his final campaign. As he coasted through a five-day, 15-city concluding tour, he touted the themes and exuded the comforting confidence that have served him so well on...
Olive wants nothing less for Verena than an airtight existence as her personal protege and possession. For a time, things work out: Verena is genuinely fond of her mentor, discloses her every thought and act, and shows promise as the darling of the East Coast parlour circuit as she delivers...