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Word: khorosho (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dusty park, children frolic on a makeshift wooden Ferris wheel, seemingly oblivious of the armored personnel carrier at an intersection near by, a searchlight mounted on its turret. The younger children cluster around a foreigner, taking him for a Soviet, chanting "Khorosho! Khorosho!" (good). Older youths, approaching or just over the compulsory military draft age of 15, withdraw sullenly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: In the Capital of a Quagmire | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

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