Word: russia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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ELECTIONS IN the Soviet Union? I didn't believe it either, at first. It didn't make sense. Think of all the extra ink they'll have to use putting two names on the ballot instead of one. But it's true. Soviet Russia's three favorite things--food and shoes--are about to be joined by another fab fave: democracy...
...next phase was to ingratiate myself with the Russian public. I thought back to successful American politicians and what they had done to make a splash. There was Washington--he founded the country. But it seemed a little late for that in Russia...
...America. Though they were not the first Soviet emigres to do an about face, the most recent repatriates made up the largest and most highly publicized group to do so. And even though the 50 represented a tiny fraction of the hundreds of thousands of people who have left Russia in the last two decades, the existence of even a small number of people wanting to return seemed a slap in the face. The whole scenario strained credibility: How could anyone voluntarily give up American freedom for Soviet totalitarianism...
...always seems to be bursting. Among many harsh white lights that glare down on the action, the most striking is a long thin strip at the back wall that hints of someone peering in from behind. This Crime and Punishment is equally about the social injustices of the old Russia and the arrogance of the new Soviet state, and finds a continuity between them in their lack of Christian charity and love. (Lyubimov, a lifelong believer, wore rosary beads under his clothes in the Soviet Union. Now he carries them openly and touches them often...
Kaku's post-college role of political activisthas often led him to take an anti-governmentstance, as he did at the "Peace, Jobs and Justice"rally held on Boston Common in November. "ThePentagon does not want to destroy Russia; it wantsto run Russia," the scientist told crowd of 2000."It wants to shut Russia up so we can invadeNicaragua," he said...