Word: bonner
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...after Sakharov repeatedly denounced the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, he was placed under house arrest. He and his wife Elena Bonner were held in confinement by KGB guards 24 hours a day in a small apartment in Gorky, 261 miles east of Moscow. There both became increasingly incapacitated by heart disease. Word reached Moscow's dissident community that Bonner's lips and fingernails had turned blue and that Sakharov could hardly take a few steps without being winded. When the Soviets denied Bonner permission to go abroad for an open-heart operation, her husband went on a hunger strike...
There have probably been moments, like the one last week, when Gorbachev had second thoughts about the telephone call he made to the city of Gorky in 1986, informing Sakharov and his wife Elena Bonner that they could return to Moscow after seven years of political exile. Like the prophets of biblical times who appeared before kings at the most inconvenient times with uncomfortable truths, the distinguished nuclear physicist and Nobel Peace Prize winner was always insisting that Soviet citizens deserved better, much better, than what the Soviet system had to offer. But last week's brisk exchange was destined...
Liza Semyonov, 34, the daughter-in-law of Sakharov's wife, Yelena Bonner, said Bonner called about 6 p.m. yesterday to notify the family of Sakharov's death...
Third Period--6, H, Joslin (unassisted) 13:47; 7, H, Whyte (Martina Albright) 13:59. Penalties--H, Elizabeth Hansen (interference) 2:49; B, Robbins (tripping) 3:46; H, Whyte (high stick) 9:28; H, Lisa Bonner (high stick) 9:28; H, Simonds (interference...
...director Michael S. Bonner '90 said hehoped the speaker would help students rememberthat AIDS is "an issue for the young...