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September 1, 1992 | This story was reported by Times correspondents Tyler Marshall in Berlin, Joel Havemann in Brussels and Sam Jameson in Tokyo. It was written by Marshall
It was a sign of the times as the leaders of the world's seven richest industrial nations breezed into town earlier this summer for their annual get-together. Facing a daunting array of problems--a global economic slowdown, a devastated former Communist empire, potentially deadly Soviet-built nuclear reactors, large-scale migration and a war in the remnants of Yugoslavia--the seven men spent most of their three days here conspicuously avoiding them.
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September 1, 1992 | This story was reported by Times correspondents Tyler Marshall in Berlin, Joel Havemann in Brussels and Sam Jameson in Tokyo. It was written by Marshall
It was a sign of the times as the leaders of the world's seven richest industrial nations breezed into town earlier this summer for their annual get-together. Facing a daunting array of problems--a global economic slowdown, a devastated former Communist empire, potentially deadly Soviet-built nuclear reactors, large-scale migration and a war in the remnants of Yugoslavia--the seven men spent most of their three days here conspicuously avoiding them.
