At first glance, the most remarkable thing about the new Soviet leader was that he seemed to have a pulse. Mikhail Gorbachev became the eighth leader of the totalitarian state on March 11, 1985. At age 54, he became general secretary of the Communist ...
What pin is she wearing today? During tumultuous years in global affairs, diplomats around the world looked to see what pin Madeleine Albright was wearing as she came into a meeting. Albright, at the time the highest-ranking woman in the history of t ...