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Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (b. 1931)- Mr. de Klerk, I said, echoing Mrs. Thatcher's famous description of Mr. Gorbachev, was a man we could do business with.Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
- Now there was yet a new Russia under Gorbachev, a new Soviet Union, in fact, and his old age welcomed it.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
- He thinks he's Gorbachev.Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King
- Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate!Ronald Reagan -- Tear Down This Wall Speech
- This Gorbachev that walks around with that thing on his head.Don DeLillo -- Underworld
- The walls of his office were covered with plaques and mementos, with photographs of Carl beside presidents, famous ballplayers, former employees, grandchildren, priests, cardinals, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Pope.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- I counted at least half a dozen people seated near me in the Grand Ballroom who fell asleep during Gorbachev's speech.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- A group of patrons at a Moscow Pizza Hut thanked him in the ad for bringing the fast food chain to Russia and then shouted "Hail to Gorbachev!"Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- In response Gorbachev saluted them by raising a slice of pizza.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- "You must have a lot of money," Gorbachev said.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- A few minutes into Gorbachev's speech, the audience began to lose interest.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- "I like America," Gorbachev said with a broad smile.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- At the age of sixty-nine Gorbachev looked remarkably unchanged from his appearance during the Reagan years.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- For his hour-long speech at the Mirage, Gorbachev was promised a fee of $150,000 and the use of a private jet.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- Gorbachev sounded like a politician from a distant era, from a time before sound bites.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- The day after Gorbachev's speech at the Mirage, Bob Dylan performed at the grand opening of the new Mandalay Bay casino.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- As a Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev never learned when to leave the stage, a flaw that led to his humiliating defeat in the election of 1996.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- Not long afterward Mikhail Gorbachev appeared onstage and received a standing ovation.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- In December of 1997, Gorbachev appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial, following in the footsteps of Cindy Crawford and Ivana Trump.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- But the fall of the Berlin Wall had thrown Gorbachev out of power and left him in a precarious financial condition.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation