Boris Yeltsin Speaks His Mind  February 22, 1991  No one has to
encourage Boris Yeltsin, president of the Russian republic, to
stop beating around the bush and say what he means.
Rhetorically, he is a blunt instrument.  Yeltsin`s directness
makes him good copy for journalists and a popular politician
among the masses. But it disturbs people who look for finesse
and depth when surveying the limited field for possible
alternatives to Mikhail Gorbachev, against whom Yeltsin wielded
his strong opinions again the other day.  The Soviet president
should step aside, Yeltsin said, because he has betrayed
perestroika-the policy of restructuring-by his ``abrupt shift to
the right, the use of the army in inter-ethnic relations, the
crash of the economy (and) low living standards.``  ``I separate
myself from the position and policy of the president, and I
stand for his immediate resignation,`` Yeltsin said Tuesday on
Soviet TV.  That threw the fat into the fire. On Wednesday, the
conservative-dominated Soviet parliament