Word: partnerships
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yeltsin: The very fact that the President is coming for the 50th anniversary of our common victory is eloquent proof of the profound changes that have taken place in Russian-American relations in a relatively short time. The main point is that the partnership between Russia and the U.S. is becoming a living reality. It is perhaps most active in the sphere of international security. Having done away with confrontation, we have given our people a chance to live for the first time without fear of the threat of a nuclear...
...have managed to agree on issues that would have seemed unthinkable only yesterday. Our nuclear weapons are no longer targeted at each other. We are reducing profoundly our nuclear arsenals. The logic of confrontation and the psychology of hostility and distrust have been banished from our relations. This partnership has enabled us to bring about real changes in the solution of the most complex international issues such as the Middle East, Angola and Cambodia...
Both in Russia and in the U.S., our partnership is just developing as something in our national interest. Both Russian and American politicians should resist the temptation to find an "easy" solution and retreat into isolationism. I know a neo-isolationist mood is strong in the U.S., based on the assumption that it is easier and also more profitable for America to resolve world problems singlehandedly. We also have a similar political tendency-"ultrapatriotism." Therefore, our common task is to lead the Russian-American partnership beyond internal political struggles. This is particularly true during election campaigns both here...
...saying, Chi dorme coi cane si sveglia colle pulci (Who sleeps with dogs gets up with fleas). For proof, look no further than the history of Italy's now shattered Christian Democratic (DC) Party. After World War II, with Washington's tacit approval, some DC leaders formed an unofficial partnership with Sicily's Mafia to block the ominous growth of communism on the strategically important island. The Communists and their then allies the Socialists had together captured 30% of Sicily's vote in the 1947 elections, in contrast to 21% for the Christian Democrats...
...series of humorous stories, Merchant described his movie-making career and the growth of his partnership with James Ivory. The two have collaborated on such movies as "Howard's End," "Remains of the Day" and the recently released "Jefferson in Paris...