Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...personality than his predecessors, there is no reason to doubt that he is cut from the same ideological cloth. Despite his relative youth, he has not openly identified with the aspirations of Soviet citizens under age 30, who now make up half the population. His speeches at home often ring with the same doctrinaire phraseology as those of his most orthodox Politburo colleagues. Totally a product of his party's system, Gorbachev flourished by avoiding risks, not by taking them...
...party and people, a staunch champion of the ideals of Communism." That final tribute to Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was in keeping with the official adulation that enveloped the late Soviet leader during the 13 months that he ruled in the Kremlin. But there was always a hollow ring to the praise...
...city of Rostov, authorities uncovered a huge black-market ring; 67 officials, including two highly placed state executives in Moscow, were arrested. The scheme involved rerouting, through bureaucratic channels, scarce meat, butter and clothing to warehouses where the merchandise could be sold under the counter. Realizing that the authorities were closing in, the crooks dumped most of their hoarded supplies onto the official market. In describing the outcome of the scam, the newspaper Izvestiya noted that for once, a Rostov citizen was able to walk into a state-owned store, ask for blue jeans and find them not only available...
...younger, more level-headed and a bit uptight. Or if one is an overenthusiastic amateur, the other is a world-weary pro with a hard veneer of cynicism. They seem to bicker constantly, these mismatched TV couples, yet they share a grudging respect and affection--sometimes even a wedding ring. They can be found all over the prime-time dial these days, their names often linked by racy ampersands: Simon & Simon, Hardcastle & McCormick, Kate & Allie, Cagney & Lacey, MacGruder & Loud...
...Swiss authorities claim to have found the trail of the elusive Turk while pursuing a routine heroin investigation. In a secret international arrest warrant issued through Interpol, the international police organization, Swiss magistrates have charged Celik with running a small-time heroin ring between Istanbul and the Swiss city of Basel...