Word: references
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...frustrations. As one example, they note that many of the 1,600 buses the U.S. provided for Egypt's chaotic transport system two years ago have broken down, either through bad maintenance or overloading; some arrived in Egypt without mufflers and produced a grating roar that Cairenes cynically refer to as the "voice of America." U.S. military officials are also concerned about the ability of Egypt's armed forces-considered the best in the Arab world-to cope with the complex U.S. weaponry that will replace the country's aging Soviet guns and tanks. Some U.S. diplomats...
...Russification of the Ukraine is a reality. Russian chauvinism exists in every aspect of life, including the preplanned elimination of Ukrainian culture. You refer to a partnership between...
...regime also took steps against "foreign espionage"-and for once this did not refer to the 53 Americans held hostage since November. Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh announced the expulsion of a high-ranking Soviet diplomat accused of spying. He then ordered Moscow to reduce its diplomatic staff in Iran sharply and announced the closing of the Iranian consulate in Leningrad...
...Reconstruction era law was designed to protect the newly freed slaves from loss of constitutional rights. In 1874 it was revised to refer to violations of federal laws as well. Still, until the Thiboutots used the statute, it was doubtful whether it could be employed to sue for anything other than deprivation of civil rights...
Since she is now the country's leading gymnast, the Soviet press has naturally begun to refer to Nelli Kim as "Charming Nelli." When she pauses to chomp watermelon in the midst of an otherwise rigid training regimen, she fits that title, but Nelli and her coaches agree that she can often be much less than charming. The only thing that justifies her moods are the results. In Montreal four years ago, Kim not only won two individual gold medals but scored two all-but-unprecedented perfect tens -one in the floor exercise program and one in her specialty...