Word: alienable
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Every time a slapdash imitation of something Western goes wrong, the Slavophiles latch on to it as evidence of the danger posed by alien ideas. In their view, the Bolshevik Revolution exactly fits this category. The current fashion for wearing czarist-era uniforms and holding balls for descendants of the old nobility reflects an intense nostalgia for a Russia long gone, a monarchist age that appears as full of sunlight and promise for the Slavophiles as it was dark and despairing for the communists. The traditionalists take inspiration from prerevolutionary conservatives like Pyotr Stolypin, the assassinated Prime Minister of Czar...
...protracted debate over local Russians has distracted Baltic leaders' attention from other issues. A majority of the 1.8 million ethnic Russians are faced with the prospect of becoming unwelcome foreigners. In Lithuania, where the alien population of 20% poses little threat, all inhabitants received instant citizenship. But in Estonia and Latvia, where non-natives make up 40% and 50% of the population respectively, the citizenship issue is highly charged...
...fare will at first seem unfamiliar--even alien--to regulars, and it just won't be the same without Tommy's with-it juke box and signature formica tables...
...development by a stern republican government that has overthrown the monarchy. The book is both funny and impudent, but it contains a portrait of Elizabeth that is admiring in spite of itself. Townsend plays up Her Majesty's awkwardness, but of all her clan she adjusts best to her alien circumstances, simply by applying common sense and pluck...
...structure of everyday life has been destroyed. Schools have been reconfigured to match an alien western system; communist youth organizations have been disbanded; many of the clubs that were a standard feature of young people's lives have been closed. Says a social worker: "Kids hang out in the street all day, and eventually they have to find something to do -- bashing foreigners is the sport they choose...