Despite the determination of European leaders (including his friend Margaret Thatcher) to provide the funding and technology for the so-called "second strand" pipeline, Mr. Reagan ultimately prevailed.

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In other words, the G-7 leaders were unwilling to put their friend Gorbachev in the awkward position of formally vetoing the insertion of monitors from either the United Nations or the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (or both).

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As organizations shift from neatly ordered hierarchies to chaotic, flattened "heterarchies, " where anyone can "friend the CEO, " a new generation of tools will be invented that will allow design and technology to enable leaders to make true connections among people and inspire change.

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