Word: finlandization
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...Fortunately, they can be sensed by a dowser carrying a forked willow stick. The trusting viewer in what was the Soviet Union places a bottle of water atop his TV set every morning so that a faith healer can "charge" the contents with curative power via Channel 6. In Finland and Sweden the private, expensive and government- accredited Rudolf Steiner schools teach children to cast horoscopes and believe that sprites inhabit trees and rocks...
...From the moment in 1917 when Lenin arrived at the Finland Station in the city that would for decades bear his name, the conflict with communism has overshadowed our century. It dominated our politics, our hopes and fears, our view of the world. It cost us many lives and much money. We learned to live with a permanent enemy, studied his every trait and listened to his endless, dreary polemics (we should not overlook sheer boredom as a factor in communism's fall...
...discipline of the old order to the chaos of the new, is trying to make teenagers play like Heroes of the Republic -- or whatever it is called this month. The Russians are merely following the lead of the Czechs, many of whom have already fled to the N.H.L. or Finland...
Exotic equity markets, called fringe markets or emerging markets in the securities trade, are continuing their surge in 1992. Five weeks into the year, all the top 15 in Datastream's rankings are Third World countries, except Taiwan, South Korea, Greece, Hong Kong and Finland, and these 15 leading performers include such surprises as Colombia, India, Indonesia and Nigeria. The U.S. languishes in 21st place, among such other slugabeds as the major European countries. Japan, of course, is famously down, bumping the bottom of the performance standings...
...shifty Koskimaki, a native of Finland, has helped to fill the anticipated scoring void created by last year's departures...