Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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These posters by Soviet artists are designed to rally Mikhail Gorbachev's countrymen around his crusade. One notes the year Gorbachev came to power and began wiping away the grime of history that has dimmed Lenin's revolution. The other presents the current leader as maestro, winning a rousing "Bravo!" as he puts his own gloss on a score written by V.I. Lenin...
Disturbed by his countrymen's fondness for the bottle, Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985 launched an all-out campaign against alcohol. The Soviets raised the legal drinking age from 18 to 21, limited the hours when alcohol could be sold and increased the price of vodka from 4.7 rubles ($7.75) to 10 rubles ($16.50) a liter. But popular resistance has forced Gorbachev to ease up on his crusade, and public drunkenness is on the rise again...
...overcome and/or depress the United States. In these circumstances, there is the potential for tremendous loss of life if no effective resistance is offered. For this reason, I feel it my duty to contribute to our defensive force in order to protect the lives of my family, friends and countrymen. Again, I could be criticized here as being trite, but I think sincerity and strength of conviction are much stronger than such cynicism. Timothy McCormack...
...overcome and/or depress the United States. In these circumstances, there is the potential for tremendous loss of life if no effective resistance is offered. For this reason, I felt it my duty to contribute to our defensive force in order to protect the lives of my family, friends and countrymen. Again I could be criticized here as being trite, but I think sincerity and strength of conviction are much stronger than cynicism. Timothy McCormack...
...weird political moment, even by Australia's raucous standards. There was Prime Minister Bob Hawke on national television last week, wiping a tear from his eye and telling his countrymen that yes, he had been unfaithful to Hazel, his wife of 33 years. In a paroxysm of soul baring, he reviewed his boozy past (Hawke was once listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for beer drinking) and his decision nine years ago to go cold turkey. "It was getting to the stage where, at the end of the day, I was looking forward too much to a drink...