Word: lzvestia
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...joint communique, distributed by Tass news agency, published on the front page of the government newspaper lzvestia and read during the nightly news program "Vremya." It omitted criticism of position taken by Pakistan and the United States at the Geneva peace talks. This omission could mean some behind-the-scenes compromise has been forged...
...lzvestia article quotes Ulam as responding to a question about detente, after "an oppressive pause," by saying "I'm afraid to disappoint you. On the whole I think detente is a positive thing...
Americans might profit from this intelligent, if unoriginal, view of their cultural well-being. But the Soviets who must rely on "Lzvestia" for all contact with America will not be benefited by this pre-occupation with its maladies and Ehrenburg's textbook remedies. And if friends of peace left that the visit of the Russian writer ushered in a a period of greater understanding, the articles in "Izvestia" will cause a cold shower of disappointment...
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