Montreal Reborn as Arts and Expo Fever Returns
Montreal shows a cultural revival with the Picasso exhibition drawing 720,000 visitors and eight La Ronde firework displays drawing 250,000, while Expo attendance and local housing values rise. The Expos surge to first place after Gary Carter’s return and a season of strong crowds.
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Montreal
la Ronde
St. Lawrence
Mount Royal
Gilles Villeneuve
Expo Islands
Isle Ste-Helene
Jean Drapeau
Addee
Montreal Area
Westmount
Notre Dame de Grace
St- Leonard
Expos
Gary Carter
Olympic Stadium
New York Mets
Gorbachev Promises Reform After Walkabout in Leningrad
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, nearing 100 days in power, urges deeds not words and criticizes systemic flaws. He targets ministers for the steel petrochemical agriculture and building sectors and vows broad change from workers to ministers.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Jonathan Manthorpe
Southam News
London
Leningrad
Gorbachev
Ivan Kazanets
Viktor Fedorov
Konstantin Belyak
Alexei Yashin
Europe
Gorbachev Faces Challenge of Reform in Soviet Economy
Doonesbury notes Gorbachev at 54 as first post‑Khrushchev leader not marching from a funeral to death bed. He questions if his reform plan can surpass talk, as China blends selective capitalism with profit motive. He rejects 1986‑90 draft plan and suggests decentralizing industrial decision making with factory output tied to effort.
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Leningrad
Gorbachev
Ronald Reagan
Soviet Union
Yuri Andropov
Gorbachev Faces Resistance to Modernizing Soviet Industry
The piece outlines a reform path under Gorbachev emphasizing retooling existing plants, streamlining ministries, and injecting scientists into management while preserving central state control. It notes likely pushback from entrenched officials and workers, and mentions Eastern Bloc reliance on West-facing exports shifting to meet domestic demand.
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Gorbachev
Europe
Soviet Union
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Terrorism expert foresees Russian approach to hijack crisis
Ilya Gerol argues Russia would deploy SPETSNAZ to seize control if Aeroflot were hijacked to Beirut. He critiques Western response, cites Delta failures in Iran and Grenada, and warns that American policy neglects Middle East realities and risks further hostage crises.
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Ilya Gerol
Southam News
Vancouver
U.S
Aeroflot
Beirut
Spetsnaz
Canada
Delta
Iran
Grenada
Middle East
West
State Department
White House
Israel
Syria
Washington
U.S. State Department
Nabih Berri
Amal
Berri
Lebanon
Washington Administration
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Assad
America
Egypt
Jordan
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
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