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Across 2. a rapid increase in numbers of something 6. to follow or chase - to attempt to gain 8. between one extreme and another - somewhere in the middle

Down 1. head of Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991- his liberalization efforts improved relations with the west (U.S.) 3. The South African policy of racial separation and inequality 4. to withhold or take away 5. a penalty applied against a country in order to pressure it to change its policies 7. A Soviet policy which called for more openness with the west (U.S.)