Word: nyet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chill of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. When he chatted with crew mates, he spoke the language not of Neil Armstrong but of Yuri Gagarin. And when he tried to follow the American astronauts' ritual of eating a piece of cake before launch, the Russian flight doctors said nyet. Instead, Thagard and his fellow crew members, cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Gennady Strekalov, carried out a Russian tradition: they urinated on the tires of the bus that had brought them to the launch...
...broker wanted to know, should he return to the tiny mining enclave on the Siberian border to negotiate in earnest for the emeralds? "Nyet," declared two of the Russians. The disagreement between the mine operators and bureaucrats might have been resolved by paying off both sides, but the foreigner's previous visit had aroused dangerous interest among the locals. A mafia group headed by a fearsome gangster nicknamed the Gorilla had got wind of the deal and was demanding a piece of any sale. The curiosity of the local KGB had also been piqued, and it too had no intention...
...response is usually a chuckle at the misunderstanding: "Nyet. Actually, no one in my family has spoken Russian since my great-grandparents, but my parents just liked the name." In fact, ever since I have taken an interest in Russian history and literature, my enrollment in several courses on the subject has precipitated more instances of benignly misplaced courtesy...
Still, Leningraders may not get their wish. The Russian parliament must approve the change, and the Supreme Soviet insists that it will have the last word, in this case nyet. Come what may, nothing is likely to change the way the city's dwellers refer to their hometown. They have always called it, simply and affectionately, Peter...
...breezy Bush presidency provided the right atmosphere for Gorbachev to tone down her glitzy image, mollifying the folks back home waiting in bread lines wearing RAISA NYET buttons on their nondesigner lapels. Instead of the three wardrobe changes a day of her 1987 visit, Gorbachev adopted a dare-to- be-frumpy look for her round of appearances at the Library of Congress, the Capital Children's Museum and the Lincoln bedroom. Although she could not resist adding glitter to Thursday's embassy lunch with such celebrities as Jane Fonda and Dizzy Gillespie -- so famous for being famous they need...