Word: russia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tito's death will not immediately affect the balance of power in the Near East, Stark said. "Yogolavia has been playing Russia off against the West brilliantly for 35 years, and that probably won't stop with Tito's death," he added...
Lenz would like to travel to Russia for the 1980 Olympics this summer (he's against the boycott) to get a first-hand view of the Russians' different attitude toward the sport and the intense training methods...
Lenz contrasts he United States' neglect of the hammer throw with its popularity in Europe and Russia, where the hammer is a "glamorous event, "Lenz says. "In Russia everybody wants to be a hammer thrower," he adds. "Imagine if all our Mean Joe Greens decided to throw hammers instead of footballs...
Early in the 20th century, Japan and Russia stood at approximately the same stage of economic development. Japan went the capitalist route and acquired Asia's highest living standard. Russia went the Communist path and has never produced consumer goods of quality or sufficient agricultural output...
...guard on duty that night who knew (as did everyone) of the planned attack, begged me to accept protection by spending the night in the hospital. He had been a Hungarian Freedom Fighter, immigrating to the U.S. after his country was invaded by Russia in the 1950s...