Word: raisa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Haughey's wife, Maureen, took Raisa Gorbachev on a tour of nearby Bunratty Folk Park, where 19th century Irish village life is portrayed...
...Raisa Gorbachev becoming the prima donna of perestroika? In rare coverage of the Soviet leader's wife, TASS quoted her last week as she spoke out on her husband's reforms and the role of women in world peace at a Moscow reception honoring International Women's Day. "Soviet people are putting into practice plans of revolutionary restructuring," the Soviet First Lady said. "We want our public life . . . to be worthy of a human being...
Observers credit Mrs. Gorbachev's new prominence to both glasnost and her % natural self-confidence. But not all Soviets approve of Raisa's high profile. Groused one Muscovite: "What is the meaning of Raisa this, Raisa that? Am I supposed to live like she does?" At a televised celebration at the Bolshoi Theater after her speech, it was clear that she has not totally broken the traditional mold of Soviet leaders' spouses. Mikhail Gorbachev sat on the dais, while Raisa watched from the audience...
Clad in a white coat and cap, a sympathetic Gorbachev and his wife Raisa inspected the reopened facility, in the shadow of the entombed reactor No. 4, and stopped to ask the plant's staff about new safety measures. Gorbachev called the Chernobyl accident "very serious for the whole world," adding, "Through science and technology, we need to give energy to the nation, but safety remains the most important thing." Forty-eight hours later, the first ! unit of a twelve-year-old nuclear-power plant in Armenia was shut down. Under public pressure, authorities conceded that the operation...
...expert in Soviet economy says that Nancy realized her husband had fulfilled his domestic and military goals, "and now he couldn't go down in history as never having had a meeting with the Soviets." Raisa Gorbachev acted similarly, according to Goldman...