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katrbune junei3l990 mates corner kate gilderdali power in fashion for first ladies the collapse of the eastern bloc and the failure of communism have been attributed to many factors but the obvious one is consistently over looked can anyone seriously doubt after reading their daily paper that the current waves of glasnost and pere- stroika can be directly attributed to the wardrobes and ladylike behav ior of mesdames mulroney bush and gorbachev gushing reports of whose teteatetes have been surfac ing in the press during the latest north american summit how could russia continue the cold war with the west when on an outing in ottawa her gold shoes twinkling mila stayed discreetly behind as raisa pressed the flesh and tousled the hair of youngsters leaving their dour old husbands to talk about boring stuff like not blowing up the world as we know it mila and raisa glasnosted the toronto stars declaration through two museums with mila resplen dent in a daffodil yellow outfit by serge et real of montreal andraisa in coral pink by the ailunion fash ion house of moscow were not told alas to whom brian and mikhail owe their current fashion allegiance clues to the thawing of east- west relationships can however be found in headlines like first ladies renew friendship during cozy white house tea which were unheard of in the days when that uppity nancy reagan bared her fangs fn a smile which could have turned vesuvius to ice now we can all sleep soundly in the knowledge that the bushes pet dog millie sat apparently unper turbed at the soviet first ladys feet while raisa and barbara chatted and took tea hardhitting journal ism eh of course theres more than a hint of sexism in such coy prose espe cially when you consider another famous western leader britains iron lady when she drops into sus sex drive the press is not known for waxing lyrical about denis thatchers virgin wool harris tweed jacket or marks and spencer pin stripe shirt we dont get treated to vital infor mation 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