Word: misha
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Save the Whales campaign, the Latvian fed the leviathans some fish and performed an impromptu water ballet with them. "They're so powerful yet so gentle," he enthused. Speaking for the whales, Trainer Jennine Antrim spouted, "They were very responsive to him. They looked quite graceful together." Of course, Misha makes all his partners look good...
INSIDE THE BELTWAY, the chaos has reigned, As Congress and Prexy have battled in vain. "Cut here, cut there," our leader opined But kudos to Tipster for holding the line. Things that go "boom" have been much in the news, But Ronnie and Misha took too long to schmooze. Both top bananas get thorns for delay In meeting each other for a moot nuke nay-say. A wide-open range awaits Lucky the dog, In Ronnie's agenda he won't be a cog. To his master we offer the same one-way flight As far west as need...
...Misha, 23, a factory worker in new jeans and a light brown parka: "I haven't mentioned the death to any of my friends, and they haven't talked about it to me. We are all too busy talking about our own livelihoods. It's up to us to make changes in our lives ourselves, not to wait for the leaders to do it for us. I'm not in the least interested in politics; I didn't even know Chernenko...
...Army sergeant stationed in West Germany was approached by a Soviet agent code-named Misha. He reported the contact and was instructed to play along. Reassigned to the Army Intelligence Agency at Fort Meade, Md., the sergeant was twice sent by the Soviets to their Mexico City embassy. Along with $6,500 and a promise of a monthly $500 retainer, he was given a miniature tape recorder, secret writing paper and a deciphering code for microdot messages...
Still, most commentators praised the coverage, with reservations, said Misha Tsypkin, a Ph.D candidate in the Government Department who emigrated from Russia in 1977, "The coverage is good, considering that the journalists have to deal with a very organized point of view coming from the government. There are no friendly and reliable leakers in the Soviet Union." Times correspondent Shipler quipped. "If a dissident says his apartment was trashed you can't call the KGB to get comment. I had to relearn things when I moved on to Israel, which is obviously a different situation. People say it's hard...