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Born to a Russian peasant family in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia, Chernenko was trained as a party propagandist. After a meeting in postwar Moldavia with Brezhnev, then local party boss, Chernenko was brought to Moscow in 1956. By the time Brezhnev took over the party in 1964, he had made Chernenko his chief of staff. Chernenko arranged Brezhnev's appointment schedule and kept close watch on the daily operation of the party bureaucracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Soviets: Also-Rans Who Still Have Clout | 11/22/1982 | See Source »

...German with the bell on his pack at the Russian Embassy, Farewell champagne toasts on platform 7 a.m. departure, Great Wall. Noodle soup with Chinese scientist in the dining car. Talk about China; big cheer from English students as we leave. Chinese home movies at Er Lian station: "Peasant Tourist Makes Visit to Scenic Spot...

Author: By Sylvia C. Whitman, | Title: A Trans-Siberian Journey | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

Over 30,000 people have died in El Salvador since 1979, when leftist guerillas, industrial workers and peasant farmers began a battle against a U.S.-backed junta that overthrew one military government and installed another. The chief antagonists in the war are the government's security forces and the Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation (FMLN), a coalition of five rebel groups which is named for a Salvadoran populist leader...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: Filmed Struggle | 10/1/1982 | See Source »

...standard for beauty goes back at least to the Shulamite maiden in Song of Solomon, and has included peasant and farm girls in every age. What is new is the emphasis on feminine strength for competition rather than service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 20, 1982 | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

Older women A sub-division of the trend-setters, they smoke British cigarettes and seduce proctors. They are not older in years, merely more weary of the world and more prone to peasant skirts, husky laughs, and hoop earings. The never join the trend setters for mid-Yard tanning sessions, and they call their prep school boy friends "lovers...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Looking Out For Harold And His Friends | 8/10/1982 | See Source »

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