Word: natalia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...competed only against himself; the others were up against the clock. Athletes at their greatest can attain almost meditative states -- the so-called zone -- in which time slows down or seems suspended. We, however, bring them back to earth with our deadlines. Hardly had the majestic figure-skating pair Natalia Mishkutienok and Artur Dmitriev claimed their gold when they were being asked about the world championships in March, the next Olympics, the future of the Soviet Union. "Only 30 minutes, one hour, has passed, and already you are thinking about our great plans," admonished their commanding coach, Tamara Moskvina...
Gorbachev's futile show of force surely marked another drop in his waning popularity. Amid the ranks of uniformed men, a solitary woman stood weeping. "This is the country I love," said Natalia Kositskaya, a 50-year-old doctor at a Moscow military clinic, "and I am ashamed of it. I never would have believed Gorbachev could do this. In the past two years, he has become a devil." Her tears continued as she pointed at the moving phalanx of police. "It is a crime," she said...