Word: russian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dome is the glass pavilion, a sprawling (50,000 sq. ft.) building of glass and steel with an accordion-pleated aluminum roof. It is the cultural center of the exposition, with everything from a Stuart portrait of Washington to the latest model kitchen. Scrutinizing the latest American modes, the Russian women seemed most impressed by the spectacular wedding sequence. "We used to have that long ago," said one wistful spectator. "But not any more...
...displays: a pondful of gleaming new boats, an avant-garde children's playground, the Macy-furnished ranch house, rows of shining 1959 cars, and the 360° Circarama film, a leftover from the Brussels World Fair, which has been updated by Walt Disney and fitted out with a Russian sound track. On opening day, uniformed girls handed out free Pepsi-Colas from gaily painted kiosks. More than 60,000 red begonia, white chrysanthemum and blue ageratum plants splashed color through the exhibits-not out of any special patriotic fervor, but because they are the most abundant flowers in Moscow...
...Russians do not want a major war at this time, but there is always the possibility that a series of steps (a Russian action, a U.S. counteraction, etc.) could lead even to all-out war. Although the West would not begin a conflict, it must still be prepared to make quick decisions on the use of nuclear weapons. But such decisions have to be made on a day-to-day basis, and concern about such momentous problems sometimes makes it hard for a President to sleep well at night. Even so, the crisis so far is no worse than...
...house," explained an Atlanta housewife last week. "The kids compare the prices of groceries in the market with the ones stamped on the canned soups and packages at home, to see how much they've gone up. It's a game, and about as much fun as Russian roulette...
...laying West Germany itself open to Moscow meddling. Early in the week Herter with lawyerlike logic spelled out Western objections, wound up by threatening to break off the talks unless Russia modified its stand. Gromyko then made a largely meaningless procedural concession, and agreed to discuss Berlin "simultaneously" with Russian plans for an All-German Commission. So eager is British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd to keep the talking going in Geneva so that he would not have to explain a breakoff to the House of Commons (before it adjourns July 30) that Lloyd persuaded his colleagues to forget their threats...