Word: devourings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Communism" under the cruel supervision of Joseph Stalin's armed guards and commissars. Today's reality is less harsh, but the profile of the country still bulges with muscle; the recitation of its endowments and achievements is still redolent of brute force, monumentality and projects that dwarf and sometimes devour...
While Moscow's ever enlarging arsenal is expensive, its military manpower is relatively cheap, accounting for less than 30% of defense spending. By contrast, personnel costs devour 53.4% of the $131 billion U.S. military budget. Moscow's source of cheap manpower: conscription. Every Soviet male must register with his local draft board at age 17. A year later, under the Universal Military Service Law of 1967, he receives an official postcard that simply states, "You are urged to appear" at an induction center. Those who fail to do so without a legitimate excuse are subject to arrest and face...