Word: russian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Russian for "black soil." The Russians, pioneer soil scientists, named many soil types...
...despair many Americans will draw an in exact parallel with Czechoslovakia. Although the extent of the tie between the Chinese Communists and Moscow is not clear, it is obvious that their form of communism is radically different from the Russian variety. The Chinese brand is based not on an urban but on an agrarian economy. Industrial backwardness prevents the quick establishment of a police state. Moreover, since the Communists must use the same bureaucracy to carry out its administration, they must modify their demands to make them acceptable to this group...
...University, which opened November 1, was founded to allow students and professors to study uncensored, and has been established in the Western sector of the city in competition with the old University of Berlin, which is in the Russian sector...
...most famous bells in the college are rarely heard these days. The seventeen-bell Russian carillon, or zvon, which hangs in the tower of Lowell House was the gift of Charles R. Crane. It was brought from the USSR in 1931, accompanied by a carillon expert who started to perform immediately. Since the architects who designed Lowell House had not counted on a zvon, the seventeen iron lungs shook and reverberated through the new structure so much that the residents, now known as Bellboys, erupted into the courtyard, banging pots and pans every time the expert let go. The musician...
...faculty was purged of active Nazis by the American Military Government. Hallstein, a prewar law professor (at the University of Rostock) who still teaches the subject, was elected rector by his colleagues. Once a professor is approved, he is free to say what he wants (in the Russian zone, professors must submit lecture topics for Soviet O.K.). Books are so scarce that Mimeographed lecture notes sell for sky-high prices on the black market...