Word: afghanistan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...swimsuit, the man attacked Nickelsberg, twisting the camera straps around the photographer's neck. For 45 minutes, Nickelsberg and the assailant wrangled over the film's fate. Finally, after the man threatened to commit acts more terrible than any Nickelsberg had seen in places like the war zones of Afghanistan, our photographer agreed to give up nine rolls of exposed film. The man said the rolls would be taken to Paris and processed to remove only the sensitive frames. But when picture editor Barbara Nagelsmith called the Paris contact, a voice at the other end of the line denied...
...where Marx expected his workers' revolt to start, is instead a brief outpouring of rage and envy from a still conservative people. This Lenin says his duty is to feed, clothe, house and employ the Russian people; until this goal is achieved, there is no point in expansionist ambitions. Afghanistan comes to mind...
...probably won't. That sort of response went out with the retreat from Afghanistan and the introduction of Pizza Hut to Bucharest. Gorbachev the born-again capitalist should screw his adversaries and make them think they're getting the better deal. That's what Donald Trump advises...
...years, we may get used to countries being bought and sold. Gorbachev could always put Siberia on an international auction block, or sell the Islamic republics in a bidding war between Iran and Afghanistan...
...Afghanistan. Of all Moscow's Third World client states, only Afghanistan shares a Soviet border. Hence, it is the sole client to pose an immediate security problem. That fact helps explain Moscow's continued patronage for the Najibullah regime in Kabul, despite the Soviet withdrawal of its occupying forces from Afghanistan a year ago. Moscow's fear is that the country could become a springboard for Islamic revolutionaries eager to penetrate Soviet Central Asia. By U.S. Government estimates, Moscow's concern translates into a monthly dole of $200 million to $300 million, most of it in military assistance...