Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many stores in Moscow carry products I have never even seen in America. Virtualny Mir (Virtual World), an electronics store, boasts products like a fifty-inch high-definition television with DVD players and a strobe-lit dishwasher with a transparent front. After six years of Western companies cultivating the idea of conspicuous consumption here, the Russians are finally catching...
...Basque terrorist group ETA (don't ask me what it stands for--I'm still a foreigner here) claimed responsibility for the assassination. While terrorism is, unfortunately, not unknown in the U.S., we are still accustomed to pinning it on a psychopath or a small group of fanatics. The idea of a terrorist group established enough to openly admit to the crime is chilling and strange...
...river-dwellers who curse the bells may takeheart. The original plan at St. Paul's called fora daily ringing at 6 a.m. In deference to thechurch's sleeping neighbors, the idea was dropped
...Suharto Living Dangerously As his government and economy teeters on the edge of collapse, Indonesia's president comes up with a risky idea to save his country ? or at least his family finances...
When you're defending an alleged rapist, it's probably a good idea to avoid making sexist comments...