Word: russia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enfeebling insularity of its past. "The Anglo-Saxon instinct is to attempt to smooth away contradictions," he wrote. "The Russian tends to deal only in extremes, and he is not particularly concerned to reconcile them. To him, contradiction is a familiar thing. It is the essence of Russia...
Coming out of World War II the United States, led by Harry Truman, reached a consensus shared by both Democrats and Republicans. Rather than forcefully knocking out a Soviet Russia tired and spent by Hitler's Wehrmacht, the U.S. instigated a policy of containment in response to the expansionist foreign policy pursued by the Soviet Union. The mutually exclusive nature of these stances led to the Cold War, which has been fought in Korea, the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, Nicaragua and Afghanistan...
Quote of the Week: "In a capitalist system, you always have the haves and have-nots. You live with it or go to Russia."--Southern Basketball Coach Ben Jobe on the NCAA Tournament...
Hernandez denied that the FMLN has drawn communist support. "Well, truly until now that has been the propaganda of the U.S. government and El Salvador," Hernandez said. "But in truth, in the 10 years of FMLN, no one can find proof that we've received aid from Cuba or Russia...
Despite her dominance on the playing fields and in the rink, the Kirkland House resident could hardly be considered one-dimensional. A modern European history concentrator focusing in Russian Studies, Joslin is planning to write her thesis on the history of imperial Russia...