Word: raisa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Manhattan's federal courthouse last week, Raisa Nemikin, 27, secretary at the Episcopal Church's national offices, read a statement: "The FBI and U.S. government are attempting to destroy the Hispanic community and the Puerto Rican independence movement. By cooperating, the church has destroyed whatever credibility and trust it had with the oppressed." With that, Nemikin began serving up to 14 months in prison for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury...
...Director Maria Cueto. Both refused to testify, on grounds of religious liberty, but a federal district court denied the claim. Though the national church is paying the two women's legal fees, it is not backing their refusal to testify. This week Maria Cueto is likely to join Raisa Nemikin in prison as a penalty for that silence...
Cross-country skiing is no longer the exclusive province of its Nordic creators. Soviet and East German skiers are as adept as their Scandinavian counterparts in the double-pole technique, and equally sturdy. In fact, Zinaida Amosova, Galina Kulakova and Raisa Smetanina could effect a Soviet sweep of women's races. Sweden's Thomas Magnuson, a former lumberjack known as "The Slugger," Finnish Sports Instructor Juha Mieto and Norway's Oddvar Braa should win medals, but East Germany's Gerhard Grimmer is technically as skilled. Glim mer's teammate, Ulrich Wehling, skis and jumps consistently...