Word: retreater
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...jeers at the leaders of the new Soviet state: "Liars! Killers! You don't know Christ!" The time is the last day of 1917, and the central object of her rage is V.I. Lenin. His revolution has succeeded, but his nation's economy is failing, its armies are in retreat, its enemies are demanding territory, and its ideology has failed to take hold anywhere beyond the borders of traditional Russia...
Those were bitter words for a parliament whose members had voted only six weeks earlier, 124 to 6, to declare independence from the Soviet Union. But despite the economic crisis, there was virtually no sign last week that the rebellious Lithuanians were about to retreat. When President Vytautas Landsbergis addressed the group later in the day, he reaffirmed that the government was ready to carry on discussions with Moscow "at all levels, over any question" -- except the republic's declaration of independence. Moscow's use of "blockade as a means of political warfare," said Landsbergis, has turned the republic into...
...superpower retreat has had the most dramatic impact on Syria and Israel. U.S. officials speak of a "rough symmetry" between Moscow's announced intention to draw down its military support for Syria and Washington's cooling approach toward Israel. In Damascus, Moscow's moderating attentions have curbed President Hafez Assad's hopes of achieving strategic parity with Israel. In the past the Soviets funneled enough hardware into Syria to leave the country with a $15 billion military debt; now Moscow speaks of Assad's need for "reasonable defensive sufficiency...
...retreat into silence also hampered the immigrants' quest for political influence. "All the things that are required in Western politics go against Asian culture," says Judy Chu, mayor pro tempore of Monterey Park. Asian Americans turn out at the voting booth even less frequently than whites or blacks: a 1986 study of Southern California voters showed that only 30% of eligible Asian voters registered, compared with 80% of whites...
...probably won't. That sort of response went out with the retreat from Afghanistan and the introduction of Pizza Hut to Bucharest. Gorbachev the born-again capitalist should screw his adversaries and make them think they're getting the better deal. That's what Donald Trump advises...