Soviet Citizens Pessimistic About Gorbachev's Reform Exports; Death of Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini will Not Cause Dramatic Changes

Abstract

Feature leads for the media: Jaro Bilocerkowycz, an assistant professor of political science, says Americans are more optimistic about Gorbachev's reform programs than people in the Soviet Union are. Mohammed Karim, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at UD, comments on the death of Ayatollah Khomeini. "It looks like things have stabilized," he says.