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...they carried their gold not as raw bullion but as flamboyant ornament. Other materials went to dust?except for some ornaments of wood or cloth, such as the elegant swan made of felt stuffed with reindeer hair (see color opposite) that was discovered, preserved by ice for almost 2?? millennia, in a tomb in the Altai Mountains of Siberia. Yet the gold survived. Almost all the major examples of Scythian gold have remained in the U.S.S.R. up to now, chiefly in the Kiev State Historical Museum and Leningrad's Hermitage. Now, as a result of an exchange agreement worked...
...2??? Something Happened, Heller...
...2??? A Bridge Too Far, Ryan...
...ground, the balance of forces can be seen most graphically in Europe, which Pentagon planners still regard as the most likely place for a conventional war between the U.S. and Russia. When Nixon took office in 1969, U.S. forces were geared to what defense planners termed the "2??-war concept." It meant that in theory the U.S. was prepared to fight three wars at the same time ? one in Europe, another in Asia and a "brush-fire" war somewhere else. Since the U.S. withdrew its forces from Viet Nam, how ever, the strategic premise has been changed...
...work last week, John Doe, American, swung his car onto the freeway?only to discover that the posted speed limit had been reduced from 60 m.p.h. to 50 m.p.h. When he stopped at a gas station for a refill, he learned that overnight the price had gone up 2?? per gal. At his office he felt unusually cool because the thermostats had been pushed down a couple of degrees, to a brisk 68º. Later, when he finished work and was driving home, he noticed that the lights on outdoor advertising signs had been doused. In his living room...