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...When we first arrived in Moscow, everything struck me as a dull gray," Schecter says. He remembers being depressed by "the wedding cake architecture, where you have these big flank wings and one big tower in the middle. A bunch of these buildings from the Stalin era still remain around Moscow." When the Schecters first arrived, the government put them up in a hotel. They remained in these cramped quarters for several months, until the government provided them with an apartment in Yugozapad, a suburb of Moscow...
Massiales's battle with Gene Vastola provided some of the best action of the match. Trailing 2-3, Vastola pushed Massiales back about 30 feet with a rapid fire sequence of balustrade attacks along the blade, before finally scoring a hit on the lower flank...
Given his own conservatism and Reagan's threat to his right flank, Ford rejected the suggestions. Rockefeller's aides were philosophical about the outcome. "Once Reagan announced, it was inevitable," said one. "Personally, my instincts would be to put some distance between myself and Reagan rather than pattern myself after...
Eisenhower, and even Ford, realized that maintaining liberty was never exactly Franco's forte. Yet maintaining freedom and democracy in the West--by strengthening the southwestern flank of NATO--seemed to justify support for Franco's repressive regime over the past 22 years. And this support cannot be underestimated. At crucial points in the development of Spain's economy, times when in other countries the conditions would have led to a revolutionary situation, the U.S. stepped in to boost Spain's economy...
...Mousetrap is staged in the Leverett Old Library Theater, a sort of "theater in the square," where seats flank the stage on four sides. Careful blocking, however, keeps the audience from spending too much time contemplating actors' backs...