Word: moment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year ago were quite prepared for what happened. During a debate about making the political system more democratic, a novel notion came up. Why not unite people who support perestroika into something resembling the popular-front movements that lobbied for social reforms in Europe during the 1930s? For a moment, the question hung in the air. Nothing like it had ever been tried in the Soviet Union. Telephone lines soon jangled with enthusiastic offers of support. When the broadcast ended at midnight, excited participants remained in the Tallinn studio to draft a manifesto...
...moment, only a tiny minority have aired such views. But they illustrate an ancient dilemma that Gorbachev may soon confront: once people are allowed to voice long-forbidden thoughts, how do you get them to stop short of some line that the state considers safe...
...course an underground rock scene flourished. Concerts were often a clandestine affair, staged on the spur of the moment in out-of-the-way auditoriums. And despite official discouragement, a few groups like Time Machine, the first band to sing openly about social problems, and the Leningrad-based Akvarium managed to thrive...
QUICK, SEND OVER A TON OF PEPPERONI. AstroPizza, a joint venture between the city of Moscow and New Jersey's Roma Food Enterprises, was a hit from the moment its truck began hawking hot slices around Moscow last spring. But when Roma resumes sales this month after a winter break, the company will once again have to ship all the fixings from New Jersey because it has been unable to find decent tomatoes, cheese and other ingredients in the U.S.S.R...
...moment, HRAAA is content with having forced the University into political play and knowing that at least one of their candidates will win a seat this year...