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That is the equivalent of what Russia is going through, and it would spell political backlash -- if not worse -- in any language. When Bill Clinton was in Moscow two weeks ago, Boris Yeltsin assured him that free-market reforms would continue in spite of the December elections that boosted extreme nationalists and old communists into parliament as the dominant opposition. But Air Force One was hardly airborne before the Russian government started stepping back from its pledges...
...American official), Yeltsin gave the President a five-inch blue-and-white porcelain figure of Clinton, one hand waving and the other clutching a saxophone. Suddenly -- but to no one's surprise -- a real one appeared, and Clinton rose to the occasion, performing My Funny Valentine and, in spite of the season, Summertime...
...Davis: No. Theoretically you always go into play when you do a transaction. That's par for the course. But we did not see it coming, in spite of what everybody else thinks we saw. Nobody perceived, including our bankers -- but I'm not going to blame this on bankers -- that there was another valid bid out there that could match the power of the two companies coming together...
...most comprehensive redesign ever. This major overhaul nettled some readers -- it is a rule in publishing that all such changes prove controversial -- but the new look quickly became popular and extensively imitated. Succeeding Walter in 1980, Rudy deftly adapted to new technology that allowed the magazine routinely -- and in spite of breaking news and tight printing schedules -- to use color on every page. Then came the microchip age, and Rudy moved his staff from the traditional design tools -- paper, pencils and razor blades -- to the computer screen. One sign of his success was the National Magazine Award for Excellence...
...Allen Counter, director of the foundation,said he was surprised by the substantial studentturnout in spite of bad weather and exam-timepressure, and he called the service a success...