Word: russian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...noise behind him, had to dispatch a courier by motorcycle to locate the trouble. "Just a football game on the lower deck," came the report. Another ruckus. "A water polo match in the swimming pool." A terrific bang. "Now the boys are furious, sir," reported the messenger. "A Russian plane was trying to buzz us. It flew in through the window and crashed on the basketball court...
...Andrei Vishinsky got called down by Committee Chairman Paul-Henri Spaak, of Belgium, for "insulting other delegates." Replied the Russian: "Unless I am allowed to continue without interruption I won't say another word." He was not interrupted...
...leading student of Russian affairs, he served on several American missions to Europe, and in 1942 was interpreter for President Franklin D. Roosevelt in White House conferences with Russian Foreign Minister Molotov...
Undoubtedly the smallness of the vote for Wallace gives powerful impetus to this policy. Before November second, there is some evidence that leaders in the Soviet Union and her satellites considered a large segment of the American people to be opposed to the Russian policy of this government. There is no reason for that illusion now. In my opinion, the magnitude of the Wallace defeat hastens the day when it may be possible to undertake serious negotiations with the Soviet Union since Soviet leaders must be by now convinced that the prospects for appeasement are definitely blighted...
...Russian Negotiations May Be Resumed...