Word: pravda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...settling down for another innocuous celebrity interview. Jessel, dressed in an Army uniform he had bought himself and had decorated with stars, bars and ribbons, began talking about American troops in Europe. In a calculated slip of the tongue, he pretended to confuse the New York Times with Pravda. A bit later, Jessel took the same crack at the Washington Post. Unamused, Newman rose to the defense of the press. Huffily he reminded Jessel of his guest status, then said by way of dismissal: "Thank you very much." Apologized Jessel: "I won't say it again." Newman: "I agree...
...Soviet delegation carried "clear-cut instructions to achieve concrete results," and predicted that the U.S. and Russia would soon reach a preliminary agreement on limiting anti-ballistic missiles. A ban on the defensive ABMs would make it easier to work out a balanced reduction in offensive strategic missiles. Meanwhile, Pravda seemed to be preparing its readers for a nuclear accommodation with the U.S. "Action is met by counteraction," the party newspaper said. "This process, if it is not stopped with the help of reasonable agreements on curbing the arms race, is endless...
Despite the shock, the very announcement of the cosmonauts' deaths pointedly emphasized their contributions to man's knowledge. And it promised a continuation of Russian efforts in space. Said the official Communist Party newspaper, Pravda: "We know that after this grievous loss, the difficult and dangerous struggle against nature will be continued with the same firmness and consistency. The Soviet people are used to struggle and do not retreat in the face of obstacles...
...carefully coordinated move, the Soviet Union's two most prestigious newspapers last week delivered a one-two editorial punch against U.S. Middle East policy. Pravda accused Washington of attempting to drive a wedge between Egypt and Russia "to secure the kind of peaceful settlement under which the U.S., using Israel as a tool, could dictate its will to the Arab states." Izvestia followed by accusing the U.S. of seeking a Middle East solution "at the expense of the Arab countries." Coming only a week after Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny's flying visit to Cairo to sign...
...drill and analyzing them with on-board instruments. It was also photographing the moonscape and scanning the heavens with an X-ray telescope that has already detected at least two sources of X-ray emissions in distant space. So overjoyed were the Russians by Lunokhod's performance that Pravda was moved to proletarian metaphor and compared the little vehicle to a faithful "workhorse that toiled from dawn till sunset...