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<text id=89TT2895>
<title>
Nov. 06, 1989: Grapevine
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Nov. 06, 1989 The Big Break
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 35
Grapevine
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<p> BUSTED BROADSIDE. In a show of strength that could not help
impressing the Soviets, the U.S. Navy deployed a 52-warship
armada off the coast of Okinawa last month. Most of the 24-hour
exercise went off as planned, as A-6 bombers and A-7 fighters
sank an old research vessel with laser-guided bombs and other
targets were demolished by 20-mm cannons and Sidewinder
missiles. The grand finale, however, was a dud. The battleships
New Jersey and Missouri were supposed to fire simultaneous
nine-barrel broadsides from their 16-in. guns. But the big blast
was canceled when the New Jersey radioed that one of its barrels
was fouled and unable to bang away.
</p>
<p> GRAVE OFFENSES. A well-connected Westerner has returned from a
visit to China with a startling explanation for the animosity
that developed between Deng Xiaoping and ousted Communist Party
leader Zhao Ziyang in the months before last spring's student
demonstrations. The grave of Zhao's mother was desecrated in
September 1988, and his allies blamed Deng's supporters. In
retaliation, they dug up a Deng family tomb in Sichuan province
three days later. The bitterness flowing from these insults to
ancestors poisoned the relationship between the two leaders and
climaxed in Deng's forcing out Zhao for sympathizing with the
protesters in Tiananmen Square.
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<p> THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD. White House insiders are puzzled
by Bill Bennett's decision to temporarily locate the Office of
National Drug Control Policy far from the White House, on the
edge of Washington's downtown. Reason: the building's other
tenants are the consulate of Colombia and the Bank of Pakistan,
two major source countries for illegal drugs that Bennett is
trying to keep out of the U.S. "We realize this is not an ideal
situation, and we don't plan to be here for long," says a
Bennett aide.
</p>
<p> TINA'S TALE. The most scintillating part of ABC's exclusive
interview with "Tina," a retired Vienna prostitute, was her
allegation that Felix Bloch indulged in sadomasochistic sex.
But the longer-term significance was Tina's claim that she
testified before a Washington grand jury. Until now, there has
been no confirmation that the Justice Department is moving
formally against the suspected spy. Secretary of State James
Baker would like to fire Bloch. But doing so might give Bloch
grounds for a suit forcing the Government to disclose the
sources of its evidence against him. The Government's reluctance
to divulge that information has stalled a formal prosecution. </p>
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