Word: revolutionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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To the barricades, comrades! The capitalists at Parker Brothers are launching an attack on the motherland -- a Russian-language version of Monopoly. Although negotiations for the board game's actual introduction into the Soviet Union are still under way, Monopoliia will be unveiled on Oct. 17 at the World Monopoly...
By the once staid standards of Soviet television, Western music videos and a smooth transition from the great outdoors to the broadcast studio seem revolution enough on the airwaves. But the millions of Soviets who watch Molchanov's show find it spellbinding for other reasons. They tune in for a...
The Revolution has backfired to the point that Bush no longer finds it necessary or even politically convenient to walk in Reagan's shadow. Bush has taken large steps leftward toward his pre-Revolution political philosophy.
Unfortunately for Reaganites, this means their Revolution has failed to succeed in the country's most prominent political arena, the presidential campaign. The Reagan Revolution's excesses have immediately pushed both parties closer to the political center but has created no net movement to either side.
Of course, party presidential nominees generally move to the center in an election year to court the undecided independent vote, but the Reagan Revolution has accelerated this movement. With Dukakis sprinting right and Bush scrambling left, it's hard to see the Reagan legacy as any legacy at all.