Word: nina
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...keep his reform spirit alive, Gorbachev has continually sought out the middle ground. He feints left, moves right and usually lands in the center. But such compromise policies come at a price, contributing to a widespread feeling that Gorbachev has no clear policies for the future. As Deputy Nina Dedeneva, a textile worker from Omsk, complained at last week's session, "People have ceased to believe in perestroika because the difficulties have only increased, while the period for overcoming them has become too long." Now the Kremlin has asked the people for another five years, and that could prove...
Other first-place finishers included Jenny Moyer in the 200-meter freestyle, Laura Alonzo in the 100-meter backstroke, Nina Anderson in the 50-meter freestyle, Lisa Reed in the 1-meter diving event, Jenny Meyer in the 200-meter backstroke and Anne Koerckel in the 200-meter individual medley...
Consistent swimming by a strong nucleus of swimmers--Sheila Findley, Co-Captain Mia Costello, Nina Anderson, Jill Hutchinson, Stephane Wriede, Stacie Duncan, Lynn Kelly and Eva Romas--helped key the strong outing...
Talk about small acorns and mighty oaks. Requests for Zagat's photocopied survey soon grew to the point that his wife Nina, also an attorney, suggested that they start selling the guide to cover expenses. Now, a decade after that fateful dinner, Tim Zagat is no longer a practicing lawyer but the mogul of an ever growing mini-empire of restaurant and hotel reviews across the U.S. For New York City gourmets, the appearance of Zagat's annual survey of local restaurants has become an event anticipated much the way their Parisian peers await each new Guide Michelin. Zagat...
...demythifying process, argues Nina Tumarkin, professor of history at Wellesley College and author of The Cult of Lenin, is necessary if the Soviet Union is to right itself. "Lenin is being brought down to earth to make way for the new myths of perestroika," she says. If Gorbachev's political reform is more than a myth and the government is able to find its legitimacy in increased democracy, it might not need Lenin anymore...