Word: go
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question his sincerity. He is profoundly sincere in wanting to rescue the Soviet system from a terminal illness. He has been bold and courageous in pursuing that goal. We should help him -- but only if his reforms go far enough to have a chance to succeed and if, as a result, the Soviet Union becomes less repressive at home and less aggressive abroad...
Other women stubbornly refuse to be intimidated. Chicago art-gallery owner Eva-Maria Worthington, for instance, does not hesitate to wrap herself in beaver against the winds on the Magnificent Mile. "If they're so concerned about animals," she sniffs, "I think they should go to a pound and clean cages and take care of the dogs and cats. Some people have replaced their religion with animal rights." But it's a jungle out there: even women who have switched to fake furs to assuage their conscience do not feel comfortable. Many protectively wear large buttons that proclaim...
...good bottle of white wine. I went out on the fantail first, and for a couple of hours I watched those young boys working the anchor chains so skillfully in the high seas, and it was thrilling." That story undoubtedly will be enlarged and enriched as the years go on. Old sailors are just that...
...things in Central Europe or the Soviet Union go wrong, which they could, I don't think we'll see a return to an assertive, confident, Stalinist renewal. Instead, we'll probably see a turn toward some highly nationalistic form of dictatorship, perhaps what I call a "Holy Alliance" between the Soviet Army and the Russian Orthodox Church, galvanized by a sense of desperate Great Russian nationalism. That would then produce even more intense reactions from non-Russians. It could be a very ugly picture...
...troops on the ground and therefore on the spot. If the East German Communist regime were to collapse through violence and if the Soviets were to remain passive, then the whole thing would collapse, in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. The Soviets know that if they let go of East Germany, Poland is lost...