Word: blissed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...From the Cold How many accused spies get to go home for Christmas? Just one: American-phoneman-in-Russia Richard Bliss...
...said at the time that women especially identified with Diana, and that that accounted for the volume of the mourning. Every woman mistreated by a man--that is, every woman--could relate to moments in Diana's life that should have led to bliss and instead wound up in sorrow, humiliation and estrangement. Never mind that hers was a particular story wholly out of reach of common comprehension; it was easily translated to bad marriages and cold in-laws everywhere...
MOSCOW: Whether or not it turns out that Qualcomm engineer Richard Bliss was a spy ? and the CIA swears he isn't ? his arrest on espionage charges has put a strain on U.S.-Russian relations at a time when Moscow is desperately seeking U.S. business dollars...
...Bliss found himself formally charged on Friday, the U.S. warned Russia that the move could hamper American investment in Russia?s struggling economy. The 29-year-old engineer was accused of spying on sensitive military installations while helping lay the groundwork for a new cellular phone system in the city of Rostov, using a Global Positioning Satellite...
...Bliss may have been held because Qualcomm failed to pay a bribe. The arrest may also have been a political move by provincial FSB officers wanting to show the West who was boss...