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31. On the first morning, a Saturday, Reagan and Gorbachev greeted each other amiably and with every indication of good feeling.

32. On the subject of the draft union treaty, Gorbachev introduced the idea of holding a referendum on it throughout the country.

33. It bottomed out at 896 in 1984, just before MiLhail Gorbachev rose to power.

34. Gorbachev began the reconstruction and reform of the Soviet system.

35. The Soviet side sent us the names of people who would be with Gorbachev.

36. The delegation met a number of Soviet officials and leaders, including President Gorbachev.

37. Gorbachev looked shocked by my familiarity, then burst into laughter.

38. It was first enunciated by Leonid Brezhnev on his visit to Bonn in 1981 and then subsequently made famous by Gorbachev.

39. Gorbachev's re-election as general secretary Gorbachev was re-elected general secretary on July 10 by secret ballot.

40. Thus it was Gorbachev who took the lead in promoting the next summit, using rather bizarre tactics to bring it about.

41. Gorbachev also was quick to admit that the process of globalization played a major role in cracking open the closed Soviet society.

42. That would be much more likely if Mr Gorbachev could reduce his conventional forces and weaponry in the Warsaw Pact.

43. It was Mr Gorbachev, after all, who got them into this mess.

44. Mr Gorbachev endorsed the letter, giving Mr Yavlinsky the authority to negotiate a new reform plan with western aid.

45. Mr Gorbachev might well have won such a vote, and added to his formal powers the authority he now lacks.

46. Bush staked much on the ability of Gorbachev to continue his reforms.

47. Gorbachev polled 3,411 votes in favour and 1,116 against, compared with 501 for Avaliani and 4,026 against.

48. A deal would need two big concessions from Mr Gorbachev that he balked at last year.

49. Not surprisingly, both Reagan and Gorbachev said publicly that they did not agree with me about this.

50. Second, and more important, came the succession of Mikhail Gorbachev to the Soviet leadership.

51. No Soviet leader until Gorbachev would have so wide a reformist programme.

52. But today things were changing, with Mikhail Gorbachev trying to renew Soviet society and create a better life for the people.

53. During Yeltsin's campaign for the presidency Gorbachev had at times quite blatantly attempted to thwart him.

54. President Gorbachev, with whom Chancellor Helmut Kohl had been in frequent contact, clearly gave his approval.

55. In the ensuing debate Gorbachev found himself assailed by conservatives and radicals alike over his policies and his record.

56. Gorbachev did not reply. After a long silence, Reagan assumed that the Soviet leader had nothing more to say.

57. Its radicals, who dominate the leadership, want no truck with Mr Gorbachev. Sentencedict.com

58. You are too enthusiastic about Gorbachev and his reforms for my tastes.

59. President Gorbachev continues to behave as if the middle ground were still there, because without it he is nothing.

60. More interesting will be the presence of Mikhail Gorbachev, whose reforms are viewed with disapproval and alarm in East Berlin.