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WORLD, Page 41World NotesSOVIET UNIONThat Rejected Feeling
Government leaders in democracies are accustomed to having
their appointments challenged in the legislative branch, but the
experience was a shock for Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov.
The country's new 542-member Supreme Soviet rejected six of
Ryzhkov's 69 nominees to ministerial-level jobs. The casualties
included Culture Minister Vasili Zakharov and Vladimir Gribov,
designated head of the central bank.
Most of the nominees were rejected on the grounds that they
lacked qualifications. Last week Ryzhkov, who had vowed to fight
for his nominees, thought better of it. "I could not see any
substantial proof that would enable me to defend them," he
admitted. "They simply did not meet demands in one area or
another."